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minus-squaretoad31@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoIf I had to guess, I’d say the government pushback against porn is a result of members of the ruling class catching their offspring with porn.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoIf I had to guess, they don’t care at all about porn and are using this as a pretext to censor sites that talk about LGBTQIA+ people. And also to block access to any sex ed content that talks about how to protect yourself from predators.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoActually it was pushed by some AI corp, to sell AI for verification purposes, alongside other bad faith actors.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoOr by some other fly-by-night identity-verifcation company.
minus-squareabbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days ago If I had to guess, they don’t care at all about porn and are using this as a pretext to censor sites that talk about LGBTQIA+ people. Transgender people are in the crosshairs and have been for a couple of years for now.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoI’d say it has more to do with pandering to religious conservatives to keep them in their pocket.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoMy vote is smoke screen, lots of nasty stuff can fly under the radar with all this talk on porn, vpn and privacy rights
If I had to guess, I’d say the government pushback against porn is a result of members of the ruling class catching their offspring with porn.
If I had to guess, they don’t care at all about porn and are using this as a pretext to censor sites that talk about LGBTQIA+ people.
And also to block access to any sex ed content that talks about how to protect yourself from predators.
Actually it was pushed by some AI corp, to sell AI for verification purposes, alongside other bad faith actors.
Or by some other fly-by-night identity-verifcation company.
Transgender people are in the crosshairs and have been for a couple of years for now.
I’d say it has more to do with pandering to religious conservatives to keep them in their pocket.
My vote is smoke screen, lots of nasty stuff can fly under the radar with all this talk on porn, vpn and privacy rights