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Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing... by sv123 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @01:59PM (#35791644)
Maybe I'm daft but how would ISPs be able to control it? Solely based on domain name? What about porn intermixed with other content on sites like reddit?
Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing... by maerF0x0 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:02PM (#35793325)
> (I'm talking best effort not a perfect implementation)

Correct. The first iterative step would be to simply block the big obvious domains and sources escalating the arms race. It will never be possible to keep 100% of porn out of your kids' hands, but just like alcohol, cigarettes, and getting behind a car we can setup a better starting point than "Do you promise you're older than 18/19/21? YES/NO"

It's a bit absurd that providing alcohol to minor is punishable by a fine, but we give the internet/porn industry a free pass. Also if you were to hand out porn to a minor you'd probably be hit with some kind of charge (inviting a minor to some sexuality), but the Porn industry is handing it out en masse without any repercussion

Re:Adult website Pornhub blocks users in Utah from accessing... by Volrath89 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:12AM (#35812274)
The iPhone already accomplishes this pretty well in my experience. You can go to Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Content Restrictions > Web Content > Limit Adult Websites. It blocks everything, including porn subreddits.

I assume they use some kind of regex to do this, and it works.