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Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by Lio on Friday October 31, 2025 @04:55AM (#45769793)
Kids don’t start out knowing that you type pornhub.com to get porn.

One of their friends sends them a link. Now they just send them a different link, one that goes via a free VPN.

You don't need any new skills for that and it's not a "speedbump".

All this law does is make it harder for adults to use non-porn websites like Reddit, Spotify or Bluesky.

It’s not a good law.

At the next election some portion of Labour voters will remember missteps like this and will vote for someone else because of it.

Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by ndsipa_pomu on Friday October 31, 2025 @06:21AM (#45770362)
> At the next election some portion of Labour voters will remember missteps like this and will vote for someone else because of it.

Personally, I think their prosecution of peaceful protestors (Palestine supporters) whilst giving a free pass to right wing violent protestors will alienate their traditional left-wing base.

Re:Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in by raxxorraxor on Friday October 31, 2025 @06:38PM (#45777480)
I don't think the traditional left wing base is too enthused about their intifada brothers to be honest. And a specific subset of those probably would want to ban porn too.