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A House of Commons committee is set to study legislation proposed by Independent Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne that would require Canadians to verify their age to access porn online.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

And the alcohol providers are legally responsible for checking the age of the people they sell it to and can face fines if they don't.

That's the crux of the issue, if you provide age restricted material anywhere outside the internet you can lose your right to sell it if you don't make sure people aren't underage and now there's Canadian companies that face no consequences for doing so because they operate on the web.

[–] BCsven 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Fake IDs though, have always been a thing. Banning / Age restriction does not work with the Internet.

[–] doylio 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I fear internet ID is coming whether we like it or not. AI powered bots will pass all captchas and be indistinguishable from humans. The open, pseudonymous internet cannot survive under those conditions. You could spend all day without seeing a comment by a real human.

[–] Numpty 2 points 1 year ago

You could spend all day without seeing a comment by a real human.

Have you been playing on Reddit again?

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