Paris and the porn industry have squabbled for years over how to verify viewers’ ages.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 year ago

    Not sure how blocking pornhub will help with that. They have at least some level of moderation. Working with them together could help much more.

    • @totallynotarobot
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      -11 year ago

      Agree to disagree that there’s any good or non-exploitative porn. I also don’t believe that ph can be in any way trusted based on their past actions.

      I know people are really invested in seeing this a certain way though.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Agree to disagree that there’s any good or non-exploitative porn.

        There absolutely is. But that is besides the fact that people will consume porn no matter what - so we need to make it as safe as possible for everyone involved. That means proper regulations and working together with the industry. What exactly will closing ph accomplish besides giving traffic to even less regulated sites with even more questionable content?

        • @totallynotarobot
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          31 year ago

          I think “blocking” a website in one location is a shifty solution on its own. Not only will people do as you say, but they’ll get around the block other ways and still access ph itself.

          I never actually suggested blocking ph. Not sure where that’s coming from here.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            I never actually suggested blocking ph. Not sure where that’s coming from here.

            From the context of our conversation (ph block in France) and you disagreeing with my initial statement I inferred your opinion. Sorry if I was wrong.

            I think “blocking” a website in one location is a shifty solution on its own. Not only will people do as you say, but they’ll get around the block other ways and still access ph itself.

            Xhamster is blocked in Germany for example. They just use another domain.

            • @totallynotarobot
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              21 year ago

              Yeah I was curious how the age gate would be reliably executed as well. Another tangent off my original comment taught me about their electronic ID thing, which is neat.

              But similar to blocking, not sure how useful it’ll be when people can spoof locations so easily. Not sure ph could do the x hamster trick when it gets so much value from its mainstream, well-known url, but basically technological fixes for this are really hard.

              Fwiw I’m glad it’s hard. Whatever our respective feelings on the subject matter at hand, a free and open internet is important.