When the UK last year implemented a similar age verification system for adult sites, in the first week of it launching, four of the top five downloaded apps in the Apple app store were virtual private network (VPN) apps, with Proton reporting an 1,800% increase in downloads of its VPN app.
VPNs allow users to appear to sites that they’re in another location, which could bypass age check requirements in Australia.
Why is it that the US can bomb a school full of children in Iran, but we can’t watch porn?
Why is horrifically evil violence okay, but sex isn’t?
orange_narange@lemmy.org
on 06 Mar 20:24
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Now that you say that, have you ever noticed how some movies censor nipples with blood and guts? It is ok to look at gore buy it is bad if you touch your genitals.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 06 Mar 21:33
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Because puritanical religious nutjobs get off on controlling people’s sex lives.
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What a stupid policy choice
trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today+5-y&g…
I don’t have data on VPN signups in Australia, but I see that Google searches for VPNs have abruptly spiked among Australians.
EDIT: Might need to reload the page a few times if the graph doesn’t show up. It’s giving me an error about half the time.
Oh naur me norks
Why is it that the US can bomb a school full of children in Iran, but we can’t watch porn?
Why is horrifically evil violence okay, but sex isn’t?
Now that you say that, have you ever noticed how some movies censor nipples with blood and guts? It is ok to look at gore buy it is bad if you touch your genitals.
Because puritanical religious nutjobs get off on controlling people’s sex lives.