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The UK tries, once again, to age-gate pornography
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this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2023
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The only way this has a shot in hell of ever working is via the use of a state made API that independently confirms a user's age based on a state issued unique identification, with strong penalties for providing access without age verification via the API
Frankly that age gate API should also block access to online purchases, and to algorithm based content presentation models. That alone will significantly help the screen time crisis with today's youngins.
Rather than implement the api, porn software administrators would block connections from the UK, at which point everyone would use a vpn to get around it pretty easily.
You can't fix it with mandatory access control. It's not up to the government anyway, it's up to parents to properly use device lockdowns. That's what they should be doing, a free state sponsored, maintained and up to date opt in software program that allows parents to lock down purchases and porn on their own children's device. This program would be taxpayer funded and paid humans would maintain a list of approved/blocked websites and automatic third party application configuration, with client side verification for CSAM or abuse material of the child's device.
The public at large is not responsible for the education and protection of children they do not have. That's a parent's and only a parent's duty, which means the control should be opt in by parents.