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Re:Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from So... by musicjerm on Thursday August 06, 2026 @11:28PM (#49205609)
I think a lot of us probably would agree that pornographic content is generally bad for society. I think the hard part here is actually getting rid of it. I think what will end up happening is it moves to a darker part of the web and is completely unregulated. Just look at what happened in the US with illegal drugs. They didn’t just go away, and now we have less safe drugs pretty much freely available laced with fentanyl and other harmful or deadly substances. I know this isn’t exactly the same situation but we should consider what might happen when making something “illegal”.
Re:Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from So... by esseph on Thursday August 06, 2026 @11:31PM (#49205631)
> I think a lot of us probably would agree that pornographic content is generally bad for society.

Speak for yourself. The science of it seems to be a mixed bag with definite pros and cons.

You're talking about something that is also intrinsic to humanity. It takes no resources. Good luck with that.

Re:Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from So... by homeonthemtn on Friday August 07, 2026 @07:52AM (#49209010)
Neither porn nor gore is intrinsic to society
Re:Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from So... by esseph on Friday August 07, 2026 @08:19AM (#49209281)
Porn and gore were happening for millions of years before we invented language.
Re:Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from So... by quickthrowman on Friday August 07, 2026 @08:41AM (#49209533)
Humans have sex and kill each other and always have. It’s intrinsic to human nature.
Re:Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from So... by quickthrowman on Friday August 07, 2026 @08:41AM (#49209528)
> I think a lot of us probably would agree that pornographic content is generally bad for society.

I don’t believe that at all, in fact, I believe the opposite. I think a religious minority forcing a parochial view of morality onto people is bad for society.