>>212827682it's never been about porn, never been about stop the terrorists save the children, it's always been about control, living in a panopticon, the state will know your every thought and monitor for dissent, get ready to be unpersoned and have all your (now digital, only criminals use physical assets, and you're not a criminal are you?) assets frozen if you don't kiss the hand like those canadian truckers.
They don't give a shit about saving children, it's on the onus of the parent to not let children go online just like it's on the parent to not let them watch 18+ films. They could have realised that by giving everyone a private key when they turn whatever the legal age is, websites could verify your age with public key cryptography and everything would be secure and anonymous, but this is just to make sure that YOU KNOW you're being watched at every turn. I fucking hate this god-forsaken island, and everywhere else in the world is trying to do the same thing right now, I can't see any hope at all. There's a non-zero chance I get arrested for posting this anyway, but I'm drunk