> imagine if you had private videos leaked on the net forever , or were exploited , or were trafficked to participate

How does this apply here?

It doesn't, because laws that compelled sites like pornhub to take down nonconsentual porn already existed before the proposal for age verification.

The people pushing the age verification will never admit this to you, often because they're either ignorant of the bigger picture or not engaging in good faith in the first place, seeing themselves as the clear-eyed moral ones bringing wisdom to us heathens who don't know any better.

Well said. The idea that porn is harmless fun is not borne out. That's not to say it should be entirely prohibited, but the normalisation of degrading and sometimes violent porn among young teens is a real problem affecting real people. While plenty of posters seem to have issues with the U.K. government's actions, they don't present any solutions to the issue of underage people being porn addicted.

I'm not aware of any religious groups in the UK who have significant influence on legislation, perhaps unlike the US.

> the normalisation of degrading and sometimes violent porn among young teens is a real problem affecting real people.

Is there any reliable data showing this? What does "degrading" and "violent" mean? Is it really detrimental, or is it just totally normal kinks that some people don't understand are actually carried out in a healthy way?

Porn addiction is pseudoscience perpetuated by right wing pundits and known quack charlatans like the late Gary Wilson.

The NHS offers treatment for pornography addiction. It's a subset of a wider category of behavioural addictions.

The "pornography addiction" model lacks scientific support and is driven by media hype, moral conflicts, and a lucrative treatment industry. High-frequency use of visual sexual stimuli (VSS; preferred neutral term over "pornography") does not meet addiction criteria and is better explained by non-pathological factors like libido, sensation-seeking, or value conflicts.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258565076_The_Emper...

You need to quit porn

I just asked my mother if she created an account 3 days ago on Hacker News and she said no. So since you are not my mother you can't tell me what to do.

Bless your heart!

You're going to troon out. This random internet stranger can see it coming a mile away.

You are coom-brained. You need to quit.

Transphobic comments from the religious fundamentalist who would prefer porn didn't exist? Color me shocked!

What's next, are you going to propose stoning gay people and bringing back slavery because Leviticus told you that's what magic invisible sky daddy wanted?

Dang, are these kind of hateful, discriminatory comments towards marginalized groups appropriate for HN?

I'm not religious but the rest sounds pretty good tbh

> Dang, are these kind of hateful, discriminatory comments towards marginalized groups appropriate for HN

It's a new account so they are probably avoiding an existing ban. Just flag and move on. From my experience these people lead extremely shitty lives wallowing on fringe political brain rot and negativity. They are not very bright either so when they look around how sad their lives are they tend to point towards a single thing as the source of all their problems as opposed to recognize nuance and their own ineptitudes. Thats why they reach ridiculous conclusions such as "my life is shit because my neighbor is watching porn".

how exactly does age verification prevent any of this?

i said that the other guy's hatred for pornography restriction was a bit extreme considering that there are definitely valid reasons to restrict pornography , at no point did i say that i supported age verification