I live in North Carolina, so this affects me … but I’m happy about this law requiring age identification and sickened at PornHub and other porn sites for choosing to avoid the law altogether.
Young children are addicted to porn because it’s soooooo easy to access. We have to show ID to purchase alcohol … I’m all for also showing ID to watch BDSM!
Terrifying stat: Of people younger than 18, children under the age of 10 account for 22% of those watching online porn.
Porn sites cut access to NC users just before new age check law starts Jan. 1
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Two things, I don't want a nanny state telling its citizens what they can and cannot read. This is an attempt to restrict material for all under the guise of protection of a few.
second, in every state that has passed one of these laws, they have been stayed as unreasonable restriction on freedom of speech. None have been decided yet.
glennlab
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Dec 29, 2023
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My understanding from, um, my friends is that there are plenty of other porn sites who have NOT blocked access in NC. I'm not really sure how you stuff this particular genie back into the bottle. I understand the concern parents have about their kids. Laws like this one generally are well-intentioned but, in the long run, tend to be ineffective as workarounds are discovered or developed, especially in the internet and tech arenas. Free speech is a two edged sword, always has been. I'd be interested to see if the ACLU takes this on.
zeuser
Level 9
Dec 29, 2023
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Decades ago the book Candy was passed around our 7th grade class. & don't forget the Marquis de Sade. Because of the internet, the curse of generations to come, it is far more visible & extreme.
It is best that parents discuss but one can not stop access thru legislation. Its here & minors will access it one way or another. That you talk openly with him will destigmatize sex as it should be. Not many parents will do so I fear. Stressing consenting adults is important, but you know how hormones are especially in boys. Masturbation is a normal manner by which to avoid pregnancy or disease & relieves natural & healthy urges. A less horny girl will find it easier to say no & mean it.
Mooolah
Level 8
Dec 29, 2023
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Hardly surprising when the religious right all over the USA refuse to allow their children to receive actual sex education in schools, and at home answer questions about a child's maturing body with tales of "The Sin of Eve" bringing down a curse on woman kind.
LenHazell53
Level 9
Dec 29, 2023
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I agree with you. It’s normal and natural for kids to be curious about all things, including sex. But a parent needs to be there to guide them — not make them feel guilty or dirty.
My son first saw porn (that I’m aware of) at 11. He was embarrassed when I asked about it. I told him it was OK and normal but that he was too young for it. I also told him it isn’t the way real relationships are.
Then at 13, his father got him his first phone. He’d put restrictions on the phone, but at some point I became aware they weren’t functioning. I also noticed my son wasn’t sleeping enough, and his whole personality changed. The culprit? Porn! I talked to him about making smart choices, and now he willingly leaves his devices in my room at night. Porn addiction nipped in the bud.
Within a couple of weeks, my sweet boy’s personality returned to normal. A parent MUST keep their eyes open and help guide their child through this new world of 24/7 access.
Do you think there's a law that'll stop adolescent kids from fapping? Show me someone who says they don't do that and I'll show you a lying jerkoff.
barjoe
Level 9
Dec 29, 2023
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I’m not talking about masturbating. People, including kids, will always do that.
Some of the videos I’ve seen on PornHub are truly disturbing … a kid sees that and thinks it’s real life and that it’s how to treat sexual partners. Repeated exposure to such imagery is dangerous for kids.
Becuz Before there was porn on the web, (not so long ago!!!!) there was no possible way for anybody to get porn, right?
annewimsey1
Level 7
Dec 29, 2023
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It wasn’t so readily available, at people’s fingertips 24/7 … especially with the degree of depravity that we find on porn sites today.
There’s so much violence and misogyny … look up facial abuse. The guys are slapping the women and trying to make them vomit and putting them down when receiving oral sex. WHY do kids need to see this? And that’s just the beginning … the porn out there can be horrific.
From [focusonthefamily.com]
• 12- to 17-year-olds is the largest group of internet porn users.
From [hli.org]
• The average age of a child’s first exposure to porn is before the age of 11.
• Of people younger than 18, children under the age of 10 account for 22% of those watching online porn.
@Apunzelle Focus on the family is a right wing christian group that has been known in the past to simply make numbers up out of thin air. I would be very careful about believing anything they publish. The have in the past used false and misleading "facts" in their anti abortion and pro right wing christian political campaigns. I suspect that their numbers here are just as misleading and inflammatory.
Between security and age verification, it is quite a puzzle for how to conduct so much on the Internet with confidence. An ID almost like a SS# could work, but there may be technical reasons for that to not work. For all the tracking Google and such does on everything we click, there must be some unifying factors that keeps the user safe, and the website guarded.
Switchcraft
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Dec 29, 2023
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