>>12932they seem to be trying to revive this zombie-law over and over
What’s Changed in the Latest (2024) Version of KOSA<In its impact, the latest version of KOSA is not meaningfully different from those previous versions. The “duty of care” censorship section remains in the bill, though modified as we will explain below. The latest version removes the authority of state attorneys general to sue or prosecute people for not complying with the “duty of care.” But KOSA still permits these state officials to enforce other part of the bill based on their political whims and we expect those officials to use this new law to the same censorious ends as they would have of previous versions. And the legal requirements of KOSA are still only possible for sites to safely follow if they restrict access to content based on age, effectively mandating age verification.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act
>If you really want to do something about youth being exposed to pornography, the parents are going to have to actually give a fuck and monitor what their kid does on the internet.that's probably the correct answer.
>but muh kids too smort! They figure ways around parental controls!!>Then what makes you think they won't get past this? Give it six months.I think local parental control features are probably a reasonable approach, at least they don't have much political risk. There might be a self-regulating feature, once children can outsmart their parents, they might have outgrown the kind of guidances their parent can offer.
The hole concept of using technology as a way to control people is probably erroneous. It appears that many rulers have somehow gotten the idea that technology can be fashioned into a leash to control people. Making it into a "key to power" or something. But in reality this type of control-technology is more like a riddle-lock on a box that can be solved to get to the treat inside. Rulers then get mad when people "solve" their control schemes, and seek to punish people for using their intelligence. It would be way better to consciously design riddles with increasing difficulty to get access to increasingly powerful technology and reward people for using their intelligence.
>start pirating it. Im already hoarding it as an adult to use with my home media server because even though 100% of everything i view porn wise is well into freedom of speech in us law, i am seeing what they're doing in the ukuck and euroshit and don't want muh freedoms infringed on.We're in a bad place when "piracy" doesn't mean stealing ships but it's people preserving their liberties, freedoms and rights. As for the porn angle, in the not too distant future you'll probably be able to use software that can generate all the porn you'd ever want, and the hole debate over accessing it over the internet will be rendered moot.