Why is it that the US can bomb a school full of children in Iran, but we can’t watch porn?
Why is horrifically evil violence okay, but sex isn’t?
Now that you say that, have you ever noticed how some movies censor nipples with blood and guts? It is ok to look at gore buy it is bad if you touch your genitals.
USA hates that "make love, not war" mantra
War is its main business dammit!
What a stupid policy choice
When the UK last year implemented a similar age verification system for adult sites, in the first week of it launching, four of the top five downloaded apps in the Apple app store were virtual private network (VPN) apps, with Proton reporting an 1,800% increase in downloads of its VPN app.
VPNs allow users to appear to sites that they’re in another location, which could bypass age check requirements in Australia.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today+5-y&geo=AU&q=vpn&hl=en-US
I don't have data on VPN signups in Australia, but I see that Google searches for VPNs have abruptly spiked among Australians.
EDIT: Might need to reload the page a few times if the graph doesn't show up. It's giving me an error about half the time.
Oh naur me norks
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