[Liam-]

Dating and hookup apps I definitely understand having things in place to protect everyone involved from kids that shouldn’t be on there, but making fully grown adults jump through hoops that erode personal privacy to access things we’re legally allowed to choose to see is frankly, ridiculous

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Dating and hookup apps I definitely understand having things in place to protect everyone involved from kids that shouldn’t be on there, but making fully grown adults jump through hoops that erode personal privacy to access things we’re legally allowed to choose to see is frankly, ridiculous

It feels like a step back kind of

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Dating and hookup apps I definitely understand having things in place to protect everyone involved from kids that shouldn’t be on there, but making fully grown adults jump through hoops that erode personal privacy to access things we’re legally allowed to choose to see is frankly, ridiculous

This.

[thesheriff443]

First post in this thread
Kids as young as 8 have been found to be sending naked pictures of themselves
The internet and access to it , adults allowing kids access and smart phones
Clothes being made for kids in adult form parents allowing kids to wear These clothes
Parents not actually being parents and guiding kids , kids don’t look like kids anymore by this I’m developing faster
These are all factors in my opinion

[arista]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

First post in this thread
Kids as young as 8 have been found to be sending naked pictures of themselves
The internet and access to it , adults allowing kids access and smart phones
Clothes being made for kids in adult form parents allowing kids to wear These clothes
Parents not actually being parents and guiding kids , kids don’t look like kids anymore by this I’m developing faster
These are all factors in my opinion

Yes, that is a separate problem.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

First post in this thread
Kids as young as 8 have been found to be sending naked pictures of themselves
The internet and access to it , adults allowing kids access and smart phones
Clothes being made for kids in adult form parents allowing kids to wear These clothes
Parents not actually being parents and guiding kids , kids don’t look like kids anymore by this I’m developing faster
These are all factors in my opinion

Of course that’s bad but parents shouldn’t be giveing them smart phones to take the pictures on or they need to see what’s on the phone. They should be giving phones with just phone numbers and address books in them

[bots]

the problem is not with the technology, it's society itself that has the problem. You can never take things that were freely available in society even to kids and expect that to resolve the underlying issue.

[Parmy]

It must be harder to get into pornhub, than it is the UK these days.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Beso

It must be harder to get into pornhub, than it is the UK these days.

They blocked it completely here and it was widely reported which is how many learned about the law. They just chose not to comply and closed off access.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

First post in this thread
Kids as young as 8 have been found to be sending naked pictures of themselves
The internet and access to it , adults allowing kids access and smart phones
Clothes being made for kids in adult form parents allowing kids to wear These clothes
Parents not actually being parents and guiding kids , kids don’t look like kids anymore by this I’m developing faster
These are all factors in my opinion

Parents won't let kids play freely outside of their homes but they'll give them unfettered access to the internet. Never understood that.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Maru

Parents won't let kids play freely outside of their homes but they'll give them unfettered access to the internet. Never understood that.

Some of it is to know where your children are when they are out with friends
You can call them and tell them to come home or they can call and ask to go somewhere else, so it has a safety aspect to it

But there are not many things in life that don’t have a plus side and a negative side

[Maru]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Some of it is to know where your children are when they are out with friends
You can call them and tell them to come home or they can call and ask to go somewhere else, so it has a safety aspect to it

But there are not many things in life that don’t have a plus side and a negative side

That's how it was when we were growing up but most of the families had someone home so help was always a house or two away, but very rarely needed. We don't really hear of parents monitoring or limiting internet access in the masses.

[bots]

Virtual private network (VPN) apps have become the most downloaded on Apple's App Store in the UK after sites such as PornHub, Reddit and X began requiring age verification of users on Friday.

VPNs can disguise your location online - allowing you to use the internet as though you are in another country.

It means that people are likely using them to bypass requirements of the Online Safety Act, which mandated platforms with certain adult content to start checking the age of users.

As of Monday morning, half of the top ten free apps in Apple's app download charts in the UK appeared to be for VPN services.

And one app maker told the BBC it had seen an 1,800% spike in downloads.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn72ydj70g5o
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Told ya

[Maru]

Originally Posted by bots

Virtual private network (VPN) apps have become the most downloaded on Apple's App Store in the UK after sites such as PornHub, Reddit and X began requiring age verification of users on Friday.

VPNs can disguise your location online - allowing you to use the internet as though you are in another country.

It means that people are likely using them to bypass requirements of the Online Safety Act, which mandated platforms with certain adult content to start checking the age of users.

As of Monday morning, half of the top ten free apps in Apple's app download charts in the UK appeared to be for VPN services.

And one app maker told the BBC it had seen an 1,800% spike in downloads.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn72ydj70g5o
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Told ya

That's how I watch BB and they're relatively cheap to keep up.

[bots]

you can't stop kids doing something they have a mind to do. If they don't have a phone they can steal one, or buy one cheap second hand. They will always find a way when adults stop them doing something they want to do

The fundamental issues are around education and society

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by bots

you can't stop kids doing something they have a mind to do. If they don't have a phone they can steal one, or buy one cheap second hand. They will always find a way when adults stop them doing something they want to do

The fundamental issues are around education and society

Totally agree
It’s the same with suicide,?if someone has got it in their head to do then it’s almost impossible to stop them

[Maru]

Originally Posted by bots

you can't stop kids doing something they have a mind to do. If they don't have a phone they can steal one, or buy one cheap second hand. They will always find a way when adults stop them doing something they want to do

The fundamental issues are around education and society

It's less that it can't be stopped. More that parents don't even seem to be bothered about what they're doing on the internet at all. It's like they expect big government and entire websites to do the parenting for them.

[Gusto Brunt]

I got roound it straight away and without a proxy. Flippin' stupid law.

[Oliver_W]

If the purpose is to protect kids from inappropriate content and groomers, why does the Bill include having elite teams looking for anti-illegal migrant posts?

If the purpose isn't to be utilised to enact government overreach and erode online privacy, why does the Vill actively enable such things?

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

If the purpose is to protect kids from inappropriate content and groomers, why does the Bill include having elite teams looking for anti-illegal migrant posts?

If the purpose isn't to be utilised to enact government overreach and erode online privacy, why does the Vill actively enable such things?

*Probably has to do with stopping trafficking. (oh wait no I misread)

What are anti-illegal migrant posts?

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Maru

*Probably has to do with stopping trafficking. (oh wait no I misread)

What are anti-illegal migrant posts?

These posts are anything negative said about illegal migrants

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Kate!

These posts are anything negative said about illegal migrants

Who goes on a porn site to read posts???

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Maru

Who goes on a porn site to read posts???

Oh wait lol. Maybe they are gifs. I don't know really.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Maru

Who goes on a porn site to read posts???

Exactly! The Online Safety Act is more far-reaching than just adding age verification to adult websites.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Maru

Who goes on a porn site to read posts???