Pornography watchers "to have faces scanned for age verification"

[ICTChris]

I haven't done a sociological study or done a deep dive of the data but children accessing massive quantities of hardcore pornography seems like a bad thing tbh.  There are already a lot of regulations of ISPs in the UK and the access to adult sites is quite tightly controlled at the moment.  You'd hope that this generation of parents are more able to regulate their childrens devices, the days of children explaining to parents what an internet is are gone I think. 

[alta-pete]

1 hour ago, Alert Mongoose said:

Au contraire. I've been known to browse the Bravissimo website. 

^^^ Kens the score. 

[Sherrif John Bunnell]

 

[welshbairn]

32 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

I haven't done a sociological study or done a deep dive of the data but children accessing massive quantities of hardcore pornography seems like a bad thing tbh.  There are already a lot of regulations of ISPs in the UK and the access to adult sites is quite tightly controlled at the moment.  You'd hope that this generation of parents are more able to regulate their childrens devices, the days of children explaining to parents what an internet is are gone I think. 

Is it quite straightforward to restrict access on a child's device? Presumably there are ways around it that would quickly be discovered by hormonally exploding pubescent boys? Like going incognito for example?

Edited December 5, 2023 by welshbairn

[GNU_Linux]

I for one trust our lawmakers who not so long ago were trying to mandate encryption with backdoors as part of the Online Safety Bill.

[Molotov]

1 hour ago, ICTChris said:

I haven't done a sociological study or done a deep dive of the data but children accessing massive quantities of hardcore pornography seems like a bad thing tbh.  

Is that not the path down which Pete Townsend went “researching”?

[Guest]

46 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

 Presumably there are ways around it that would quickly be discovered by hormonally exploding pubescent boys? Like going incognito for example?

^ asking for a friend.

[welshbairn]

3 minutes ago, Empty It said:

^ asking for a friend.

Certainly not. I actually think it's horrendous that most children learn about sex from porn sites, and am not surprised that some surveys have found that increasing numbers of young people have gone right off sex and relationships as a result. Bring back the lingerie catalogues!

[superbigal]

4 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

Those dastardly pornmongers, seeking to evade UK law by not being subject to UK law. How dare they! 

The Government appears to be working on the basis that they simply won't think of this, or that the vast bulk of sites which are already hosted outside of the UK will voluntarily opt in, which is utterly risible, but completely in keeping with just how clueless this Tory government are. 

It's soundbite nonsense designed to pander to lazy parents who also have no idea how technology or the internet functions.

Shall I put the Michael Matheson picture up again.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

6 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Certainly not. I actually think it's horrendous that most children learn about sex from porn sites, and am not surprised that some surveys have found that increasing numbers of young people have gone right off sex and relationships as a result. Bring back the lingerie catalogues!

We need more of your Kays, your Littlewoods, your Freemans.

[welshbairn]

30 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

We need more of your Kays, your Littlewoods, your Freemans.

If not there's a real danger that nobody will be around to look after us when we get old, or in my case older. Fucked if I'm paying some Belarusian or whatever with a moustache £38 grand a year to wipe my arse. 

Edited December 5, 2023 by welshbairn

[Melanius Mullarkey]

1 hour ago, welshbairn said:

If not there's a real danger that nobody will be around to look after us when we get old, or in my case older. Fucked if I'm paying some Belarusian or whatever with a moustache £38 grand a year to wipe my arse. 

 

[Bigmouth Strikes Again]

Time to go 'old school'. IMO.

Thank you.

Edited December 5, 2023 by Bigmouth Strikes Again

[Melanius Mullarkey]

13 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said:

Time to go 'old school'. IMO.

Thank you.

Is that one from your private collection? Looks woefully underused.

[Florentine_Pogen]

3 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Certainly not. I actually think it's horrendous that most children learn about sex from porn sites, and am not surprised that some surveys have found that increasing numbers of young people have gone right off sex and relationships as a result. Bring back the lingerie catalogues!

 

3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

We need more of your Kays, your Littlewoods, your Freemans.

Edited December 5, 2023 by Florentine_Pogen

[Thistle_do_nicely]

pfffft, ill just bookmark Christina Aguilera - Dirrty on youtube, i can work with that

[Bigmouth Strikes Again]

1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

Is that one from your private collection? Looks woefully underused.

Unfortunately no, very rare, probably worth a fair bit. Would take it to Dickinsons Real Deal, or Antiques Roadshow for an evaluation, if I owned it.

Thank you.

[pozbaird]

3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

We need more of your Kays, your Littlewoods, your Freemans.

There’s always the ‘Secrets in Lace’ website and their ‘how to’ videos… I believe, well, erm, so a friend told me, etc, ahem.

[carpetmonster]

1 hour ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said:

Unfortunately no, very rare, probably worth a fair bit. Would take it to Dickinsons Real Deal, or Antiques Roadshow for an evaluation, if I owned it.

Thank you.

I dunno. There used to be a record shop called The Lost Chord on Park Road sold second hand scudbooks, which always struck me as a bit of a catch 22 - if they were full of sticky pages you wouldn’t want them, if they weren’t, they probably weren’t very good so you didn’t want them either. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

9 hours ago, pozbaird said:

There’s always the ‘Secrets in Lace’ website and their ‘how to’ videos… I believe, well, erm, so a friend told me, etc, ahem.

Mate of mine has just texted to say he’s going to investigate this today.