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These Arguments Against Age Verification Laws Are So Stupid

2025-09-25 News & Politics
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Debunking Objections to Online Age Verification Laws

Understand why industry arguments against age verification—like free speech infringement or user exodus—fail when compared to existing standards for adult products.

Short Summary

  • The speaker systematically dismantles three primary defenses raised against age verification mandates for online pornography sites.
  • He highlights hypocrisy, noting no similar objections exist for regulated industries like alcohol, tobacco, or gambling, which already require rigorous ID checks.
  • The 95% user drop rate cited by industry groups only suggests high rates of underage users or deep user shame among consumers.
  • This discussion analyzes the challenges in implementing Arizona's new law by contrasting the current debate against consistent, real-world age verification requirements applied elsewhere.

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Top Comments (10)

@nicklopez3413 2025-10-14

“Free speech and privacy are stupid” -Matt Walsh

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@PixelNomadz 2025-09-25

Its a parents responsibility, we have the technology already . Parents need to parent. It could be solved by simply charging parents

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@Mr.Blaze3 2025-10-01

Age verification is the biggest scam of century.

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@trevorparks6713 2025-09-25

Google has parts of their terms of service that allows them to keep your age verification method for up to 2 years, giving plenty of time for criminals to steal your identity.

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@shotgunwound 2025-09-25

No id, it opens all users to compromised and stolen information

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@jimunderwood77 2025-09-25

He says it best in the ad "don't wait around for the government to solve this, they won't"

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@allignorance4004 2025-10-08

This age versification law is gonna put us at risk of so much stuff and everybody's too damn brainwashed to see it this is crazy everybody's becoming an Internet dummy🤦🤦😬

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@Mr.Blaze3 2025-10-01

Only thing stupid are these draconian laws. 😡

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@SeriousFun-v1l 2026-03-20

The government is not allowed to censor protected speech, which age verification does.

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@riboflavin-b2413 2026-03-08

“I support government tracking, cracking down on free speech, and giving up your personal ID and biometric data to shady companies” - Matt Walsh.

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