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.

  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    The goal is to erode privacy, and the pearl clutching about children is always the excuse. There are a lot of groups who want to eliminate privacy online: cops, copyright holders, and religious nuts to make a few. They’re the ones driving this stuff.

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      9 months ago

      I’m kind of disappointed that the Ndp voted in favor of this bullshit plan.

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        9 months ago

        Ugh. I hadn’t heard. I expected better, but the NDP have been a terrible disappointment in the last decade or so.

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          9 months ago

          Ya, it seems every time they take a step or two forward they somehow end up taking a step back again.