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The Scam of Age Verification (pornbiz.com)
submitted 4 days ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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A lot has happened in the past month: the EU Commission (the executive branch of the EU) publicly attacked the three largest porn sites — including us — over our supposed obligation to prevent minor access, while completely ignoring far larger mainstream platforms.

AV implementation was also scheduled to begin in France in June 2025, but was later halted — though only temporarily. However, it is set to come into effect next month in the UK — July 2025.

And just yesterday — June 27 — the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a devastating decision that opens the door to broad state regulation of adult content, effectively allowing AV laws with minimal constitutional constraint.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Some users might even be tempted to turn to the dark web to escape this wave of state overreach — though we certainly don’t recommend it.

If you're going to the dark web for porn, you're gonna have a bad time.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

what’s likely is that users will scatter across so many sites, apps, proxies, and channels that they’ll become untraceable, guaranteeing the failure of future regulations. And unlike today, many of those new destinations will be dangerous, unmoderated, and openly hostile to enforcement.

That seems to be the argument; that these verification laws specifically target dedicated porn sites while similar content still exists all over and is not similarly punished, which given people's extreme and natural aversion to doing KYC for porn will cause them to leave for wherever doesn't demand it, killing off what protections now exist against especially shady material and practices.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Honestly you don't need true "dark web"

There are plenty of ways to bypass censorship