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What are your thoughts on restricting children’s access to pornography online? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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There are a lot of GOP-controller legislatures in the USA pushing through so-called “child protection” laws, but there’s a toll in the form of impacting people’s rights and data privacy. Most of these bills involve requiring adults to upload a copy of their photo ID.

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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've started looking at porn on the internet at 8 or 9 years old, and nothing bad happened to me.

I understand why the law says that porn is for 18+ only, but that's it. The access shouldn't be restricted. It's the parents' role to stop kids from going on those websites, if any.

[–] trimmerfrost@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing bad happened to you doesn't mean the same for others. There are all kinds of horror stories regarding pre-adult children on the topic

[–] pohart@lemmyrs.org 5 points 1 year ago

I've never heard one. Can you point me to an example?