Texas Age Verification Bill Would Plaster Health Warnings On Porn Sites
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Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar…

Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st::Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar to what we’ve seen in the state legislatures across other red U.S. states. You have an age verification proposal that is similar…

  • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I think it’s hard to study because of how ubiquitous it is

    Ubiquitous things are the easiest to study. Unless you think there’s a lack of a control group?

    Doing a napkin-level study on this comment thread I think we can conclude that believing that viewing porn is somehow dangerous is a very unpopular opinion that isn’t widely backed by evidence. Therefore, it is healthier to rub those anti-porn thoughts out and/or get some hard science pounded into you.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, I did mean the lack of a representative control group. And I never said I was anti-porn, I just don’t outright reject the idea that there might be harmful aspects to it but don’t think we’ll be able to determine that one way or another due to the lack of representative controls. The people who think masturbating makes Jesus cry or some dumb shit like that aren’t representative.