5 comments

  • orbital-decay 38 minutes ago
    To add to the list: KYC/AML-like regulations and practices (not necessarily financial) that shift the responsibility down the chain, outside the accountability zone, and result in preventive overly broad risk avoidance, self-censorship, and manipulation of your Overton window. See for example DMCA vs YouTube practices vs what actual channels choose to do to dodge both. Or algospeak. Or the PayPal situation which is mentioned in the article.

    But it's all talk. Political pressure is like gas pressure. Gas expands to fill the available volume. What do you actually do to push back, besides talking about it on the web? This defines the available volume, if you don't do anything it's infinite.

  • mentalgear 30 minutes ago
    > Pass laws requiring companies that use third party age or ID verification to take full legal culpability for that data. If any of the data is leaked they must pay each party $1 million dollars regardless of how or why the data was leaked. 300 identities leaked or sold? That will be 300 million dollars not counting criminal penalties. Should this lead to bankruptcy then it is working as intended as they are clearly not qualified to be guardians of this data much less the guardians of your children.
    • Bender 8 minutes ago
      Too much? I suppose the solution would be to not collect the data in the first place and instead use RTA headers and client checks for said header assuming legislators come to their senses and start caring about kids.
  • big85 20 minutes ago
    <meta name="RATING" content="RTA-5042-1996-1400-1577-RTA" />

    I wonder why the rating code is so complex. Pornhub.com has this code enabled, but it also uses a simpler <meta name="rating" content="adult">. 4chan also uses the latter.

    • Bender 2 minutes ago
      I think it should be fairly simple client code to look for both of them.
  • zapataband1 15 minutes ago
    Taylor Lorenz has been sounding the alarm. Peter Thiel and all his pets have been pushing the same narrative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0RRxR4LvK4&t=661s
    • miiiiiike 11 minutes ago
      I've never really liked Taylor Lorenz's writing, but after following her work in 2025/2026, I have to admit that she is our girl on this one.
  • nonethewiser 19 minutes ago
    Porn companies should be held liable for distributing porn to minors. Its already illegal.

    Denial about requiring basic KYC is causing all sorts of perverse solutions. Accept the requirement so we can have a sensible technical solution.

    • zapataband1 14 minutes ago
      and parents should actually parent their kids. Their kids do not need phones at such a young age and their parents should be in control of their own kid's phone.