UK's pornography age checks come into force from 15th July

[uksnapper]

Meanwhile computer games that involve killing are still enjoyed by children,graphic scenes of murder torture and rape are regularly shown on TV.
Of course these dont impact young people as the dramatic rise in knife crime in the UK has shown.
Whilst its a good thing to educate young people that most pornography would appear to be unrealisti, it is difficult to see where the priority in moral education is.

[Ttaskmaster]

call me old fashioned but I wouldn't be comfortable viewing such content in public.

If you were indeed old-fashioned, you'd definitely be doing some of this stuff in public, and you'd be wearing the classic dirty mac. I suppose the modern version would be doing it openly in public (because, liberal, innit) while sat in said trendy coffee shop (because, hipster trendy), surfing porn on your 'dirty' Apple Mac!!

It's bad enough in private - not something you want advertising surely?

If it's bad, you're viewing the wrong websites, mate!
As for advertising - Two of the girls at work here are CamGirls and have invited me to their shows. I haven't done so, yet, but they're both members of good sites.

That said I once realised the lady next to me on the bus was reading something akin to 50 shades on her kindle. I'm not sure if she realised everyone who had glanced at the screen in the commute crush knew what she was so engrossed in. But the knowing smirks among the fellow commuters suggested I wasn't the only one who'd clocked it. Words apparently then are ok.

So, you and a bunch of other people are VERY RUDELY reading over someone else's shoulder, invading her personal space and privacy, breaching all common courtesy and decency.... and then you have the audacity to complain about what she's reading???!!!
It's not even as if she was reading a Black Lace novel with erotic imagery on the front cover, she was reading an eBook, privately, to herself... Lord help you if you ever learn how many women use discreet devices in public!

[Noxious89123]

Does anybody actually not have a VPN at this point?

I can't. The 'minimal' lag eats up too much of my minimal bandwidth.

Also AFAIK mobile usage over the cellular network is also filtered

It is. I have to go into a phone shop and announce loudly that I'm a pervert requiring access to all manner of utter filth, before my service provider will remove the 18+ age restriction.

However, in spite of this block, I can still access a variety of well-known filthy sites. It's generally just nice, clean, wholesome ad-supported sites that actually get blocked, due to the content in the adverts.

You can do it online via the "Live Chat" that most companies customer services have these days

[spacein_vader]

If you were indeed old-fashioned, you'd definitely be doing some of this stuff in public, and you'd be wearing the classic dirty mac. I suppose the modern version would be doing it openly in public (because, liberal, innit) while sat in said trendy coffee shop (because, hipster trendy), surfing porn on your 'dirty' Apple Mac!!



If it's bad, you're viewing the wrong websites, mate!
As for advertising - Two of the girls at work here are CamGirls and have invited me to their shows. I haven't done so, yet, but they're both members of good sites.


So, you and a bunch of other people are VERY RUDELY reading over someone else's shoulder, invading her personal space and privacy, breaching all common courtesy and decency.... and then you have the audacity to complain about what she's reading???!!!
It's not even as if she was reading a Black Lace novel with erotic imagery on the front cover, she was reading an eBook, privately, to herself... Lord help you if you ever learn how many women use discreet devices in public!

Where do you work?

[Ttaskmaster]

You can do it online via the "Live Chat" that most companies customer services have these days

Yeah, but I'm with Vodafone. If any part of their website happens to be working, that's usually a sign to buy a lottery ticket!!

But thank-you - I shall investigate further.
Will be interesting to see how they validate my age via a chat app...

Where do you work?

What does that matter? They don't cam while at work, y'know!!
Would you rather not know what sites their shows are hosted on...?

[Lord Midas]

Would like to see them regulate turing off Safe Search and then doing a Google search for prony pics and vids. I mean, who in their right mind would pay for pron anyway?!

[peterb]

Would like to see them regulate turing off Safe Search and then doing a Google search for prony pics and vids. I mean, who in their right mind would pay for prob anyway?!

If you are looking for porn, you need to get your keyboard fixed! Or are you looking for images of ponies?

[Corky34]

Or are you looking for images of ponies?

Who are we to judge, they do say it takes all sorts.

[Saracen999]

If you are looking for porn, you need to get your keyboard fixed! Or are you looking for images of ponies?

He doesn't knead a nu quayboard. He kneads a good spoilchucker, like eye have.

[Ttaskmaster]

Or are you looking for images of ponies?

I believe the correct term nowadays is actually 'Bronies'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxodxsBgaA

[atemporal]

I believe the correct term nowadays is actually 'Bronies'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxodxsBgaA

no idea what that leads to but there is one link I'm not clicking on!

[Ttaskmaster]

no idea what that leads to but there is one link I'm not clicking on!

It's perfectly safe - It's a BBC documentary. I don't know about the sound (got none here at work), but there's no NSFW imagery on it.