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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
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The legislation should not impact on adults, given the reason for it is safety of children in terms of what they can access.
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How can it not, possibly impact adults?
Say I set up a website, say ‘filthyporn’R’us.net’. I may expend time and money trying to make sure that it only hosts content made by consenting adults, and user-generated content is checked and double-checked before being released.
Fine, but I am now required to ensure that anyone viewing is over 18; how, how can I do this?
I need to make some kind of check, all I can say is that a particular connection is being made, I have no idea who is actually sitting at the other end. So I absolutely have to inconvenience everyone, just to be sure.
Or I don’t, I simply shift my site to another jurisdiction and don’t bother to do any of this!