• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Wrote my MP as well as several senators that represent my region.

    IMO if they’re going to require age verification for porn they need to do it in a way that doesn’t expose peoples ID data to potential theft, fraud, and impersonation.

    Also I feel like an unintended consequence of ID-walling legitimate sites will be teens going to less legitimate sites that lack content moderation.

    We really need to vote these old fogies out of our government.

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      6 months ago

      there is no world where ID verification on the internet for porn will ever be used for anything except government and corporate blackmail.

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        6 months ago

        Fully agree. But as long as the conversation is about porn too many people will ignore the identity theft / fraud risks to and side with prudishness (for lack of a better term). Especially leaders who stand to benefit from such mechanisms. We need to make it clear this bill puts Canadians in harms way and it will be deeply unpopular.