Blocking Pornhub access in Canada an option, owners say. Here’s why (globalnews.ca)

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A House of Commons committee is set to study legislation proposed by Independent Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne that would require Canadians to verify their age to access porn online.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

[...] eventually we’ll need to figure out proper age verification and identification for some things.

I don't mean to be a "specifics sam" but why? In nearly every case I can think of legitimately dangerous activities (like buying radium or a gun) already necessarily require the user to have access to a credit card or PayPal. Porn is weird specifically because the vast vast majority of porn is just advertising to find the few whales that spend massive amounts of money on it.

So, like, what's an example of some other kind of content that's free that we don't want children to look at but we're okay with adults looking at?