Legislating Internet Porn

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Originally Posted by Twisp

The only thing the internet is monitored for now is violations of law, such as child pornography or terrorist threats.

Letting the government censure LEGAL content on the internet is too dangerous in any case. The UK is the definition of a nanny state by any measure, but to want that in the US? That is ludicrous.

Once we let them block one thing "for the children", it won't stop there. They'll start censuring certain religions, or maybe even all religions, unless you opt-in for that part of the internet. I mean, it won't stop at legal pornography. They will keep going against anything they do not like.

Hopefully all of the people that rail against "big government" would cause a huge stink over this if it were ever proposed here.

Besides that, you don't "inadvertently" view child porn websites. You have to be looking for it, or looking in it's direction to get to child porn, or any porn.

You don't watch the USA network and then all of a sudden "inadvertently" view Skinemax, do you? No, you have to be looking for it. It is the parents job to be smarter than their children and block that stuff.

Is pornography as it is seen on the internet really legal??

My gut feeling goes both ways. I would like to see an opt in, but I think the government would take that and run.