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Filter porn

  • 18-06-2013 2:23pm
    #1
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    Because porn is so accessible and free on the internet nowadays, even young children/ teenagers are viewing/getting exposed to it. I hope we all agree this can't continue.

    In order to avoid this, I believe all porn should be filtered from the internet, with the option for an adult to 'opt in' if they wish to view porn. This protects our young people and at the same time gives adults a choice, whether to view it or not. I'd like to see this initiative spread across the entire EU.


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Are you from Iceland?


  • #3
    sea_monkey
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 755 ✭✭✭sea_monkey


    nope


  • #4
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Because porn is so accessible and free on the internet nowadays, even young children/ teenagers are viewing/getting exposed to it. I hope we all agree this can't continue.

    In order to avoid this, I believe all porn should be filtered from the internet, with the option for an adult to 'opt in' if they wish to view porn. This protects our young people and at the same time gives adults a choice, whether to view it or not. I'd like to see this initiative spread across the entire EU.

    Bahahahaha....


    lol


  • #5
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,805 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Because porn is so accessible and free on the internet nowadays, even young children/ teenagers are viewing/getting exposed to it. I hope we all agree this can't continue.

    In order to avoid this, I believe all porn should be filtered from the internet, with the option for an adult to 'opt in' if they wish to view porn. This protects our young people and at the same time gives adults a choice, whether to view it or not. I'd like to see this initiative spread across the entire EU.

    How do you propose that they block it from underage people?


  • #6
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    Won't someone please think of the children single men between the ages of 16 and 35.


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  • #7
    Sauve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭Sauve


    That'd be something like 90% of the internet gone.
    It just wouldn't work.


  • #8
    Sauve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭Sauve


    donvito99 wrote: »
    Won't someone please think of the children single men between the ages of 16 and 35.

    Of course, sure women don't watch porn at all.


  • #9
    Bits_n_Bobs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Bits_n_Bobs


    What we need to do is close the internet down and go back to innocent halcyon days when no-one had the butt-seks.


  • #10
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    Sauve wrote: »
    Of course, sure women don't watch porn at all.

    They just star in it is all....


  • #11
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    And where would it end, next people will want to ban pictures of cigarettes, tobacco companies and alcohol sites from the web.

    Maybe monitor your own web usage and setup filters at home if you are that concerned!


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  • #12
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Because porn is so accessible and free on the internet nowadays, even young children/ teenagers are viewing/getting exposed to it. I hope we all agree this can't continue.

    Why can't it?


  • #13
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    The internet should never have been made public. It should have been kept solely as a means for distributing porn within the US Military and Academics.


  • #14
    Denis322
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭Denis322


    I'd be in favour of removing ads for 'hot singles in your area' while I'm doing work or on facebook :pac:

    As for controlling access to the sites, there's not much you can do, "hello eircom? Here's my account details. If you could let me have access to the following sites..." :p


  • #15
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    biko wrote: »
    Are you from Iceland?

    No biko but I like the article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/26/iceland-crackdown-internet-porn

    However, the difference here is the adults can contact their internet provider and ask to be opted into access of porn. Young teenagers are being exposed to this material and as adults it's our responsibility to look out for them.


  • #16
    Gbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    So we get inconvenienced because ****ty parents can't get a handle on their kids use of technology?

    Don't get them smartphones, limit internet, etc etc. It's just bloody laziness and ignorance to expect the government to do your job for you.


  • #17
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    Denis322 wrote: »
    I'd be in favour of removing ads for 'hot singles in your area' while I'm doing work or on facebook :pac:

    This is why we have ad-block plugins ;)


  • #18
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    They have porn on the internet now?


  • #19
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Or y'know,people could just keep an eye on their kids.


  • #20
    **Vai**
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭**Vai**


    If you're serious OP....lol. Ill just flip the porn switch to "off" and we can get on with our lives.

    If not, is the the worst example of trolling in recent AH history?


  • #21
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    starviewadams wrote: »
    Or y'know,people could just keep an eye on their kids.

    That requires efforts. Leave the kids learn about the birds and the bees.

    Sure what harm?


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  • #22
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Young teens are being exposed to this material and as adults it's our responsibility to look out for them.

    As a young teen in the eighties, that's all I was looking for in dens and sheds etc.


  • #23
    Bits_n_Bobs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Bits_n_Bobs


    Perspectives wrote: »
    No biko but I like the article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/26/iceland-crackdown-internet-porn

    However, the difference here is the adults can contact their internet provider and ask to be opted into access of porn. Young teenagers are being exposed to this material and as adults it's our responsibility to look out for them.

    Guardian reader. Explains everything.


  • #24
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Sauve wrote: »
    That'd be something like 90% of the internet gone.
    It just wouldn't work.

    36% of the internet I think was the statistic used in the Sunday Times. Someone can correct me on that but it's there or thereabouts. Personally I can't see the problem of an 'opt in' option on a device or on your wifi. If you're old enough to pay the bills for your own phone or wifi then have your jollies all you want.


  • #25
    ImDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭ImDave


    "If Porn was removed from the internet, there would only be one website left. It would be called Bring Back The Porn"


  • #26
    kc90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭kc90


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Because porn is so accessible and free on the internet nowadays, even young children/ teenagers are viewing/getting exposed to it. I hope we all agree this can't continue.

    In order to avoid this, I believe all porn should be filtered from the internet, with the option for an adult to 'opt in' if they wish to view porn. This protects our young people and at the same time gives adults a choice, whether to view it or not. I'd like to see this initiative spread across the entire EU.

    Young children seeing porn on the internet is the parents problem. I don't believe a parent could have such a lapse in judgement, that they would allow a young child use the internet alone.

    What's the problem with teenagers viewing porn?

    Edit: i wish i could make that last sentence sound less icky


  • #27
    mailforkev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭mailforkev


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Because porn is so accessible and free on the internet nowadays, even young children/ teenagers are viewing/getting exposed to it. I hope we all agree this can't continue.

    In order to avoid this, I believe all porn should be filtered from the internet, with the option for an adult to 'opt in' if they wish to view porn. This protects our young people and at the same time gives adults a choice, whether to view it or not. I'd like to see this initiative spread across the entire EU.

    Or how about you filter out the adult content in your own home (which is not too difficult), parent your own children, and leave the rest of us alone.


  • #28
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    kc90 wrote: »
    Young children seeing porn on the internet is the parents problem. I don't believe a parent could have such a lapse in judgement, that they would allow a young child use the internet alone.
    What's the problem with teenagers viewing porn?

    I hope you're joking??


  • #29
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    If you are a parent use OpenDNS to filter out porn. There also other "netnanny" programs out there.


  • #30
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    mailforkev wrote: »
    Or how about you filter out the adult content in your own home (which is not too difficult), parent your own children, and leave the rest of us alone.

    That would be great in an ideal world.... now back to reality! ;-)


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  • #31
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    biko wrote: »
    If you are a parent use OpenDNS to filter out porn. There also other "netnanny" programs out there.

    Meanwhile they access/receive porn from other sources. Nice idea, hasn't been effective.


  • #32
    kc90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭kc90


    Perspectives wrote: »
    I hope you're joking??

    Are you going to answer the question or should I assume that your opinion is enough?


  • #33
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    kunst nugget wrote: »
    36% of the internet I think was the statistic used in the Sunday Times. Someone can correct me on that but it's there or thereabouts. Personally I can't see the problem of an 'opt in' option on a device or on your wifi. If you're old enough to pay the bills for your own phone or wifi then have your jollies all you want.

    Things that are opt in, are usually not very obvious or well publicised. The default should never be off, and there is an opt out for people if they want to prevent youngers from accessing it.


  • #34
    kc90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭kc90


    Perspectives wrote: »
    That would be great in an ideal world.... now back to reality! ;-)

    Are you saying parents shouldn't take responsibility of their own children?


  • #35
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    mailforkev wrote: »
    Or how about you filter out the adult content in your own home (which is not too difficult), parent your own children, and leave the rest of us alone.

    Tbf, it's not about not allowing everyone else access to pornography, everyone would have the option if they wanted to look at pornography or not. You would just have to 'opt in' on whatever device you were using. So, when your teenager gets a new phone, you as the parent could set it to 'opt out'. As much as you try to police your kids with the internet, you're hardly going to be able to stand behind them 24 hours a day.


  • #36
    Bits_n_Bobs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Bits_n_Bobs


    OP joined boards today and posts about removing pron from the interwebz. Hmmm.....


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  • #37
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    kc90 wrote: »
    Are you going to answer the question or should I assume that your opinion is enough?

    Nice avoidance technique to avoid your initial illogical statement.:eek:


  • #38
    TPD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    The responsibility should be squarely on the person paying for the internet connection. If you can't be bothered figuring out how to monitor and filter your child's access then you've only yourself to blame when they end up felching hot singles in their area.


  • #39
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Keep the internet with no blocks and allow people to block stuff they dont want people seeing on their WiFi the internet at my grandparents came with a block by default and it kept blocking non porn websites


  • #40
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    First they came for our porn, but I kept silent as I did not watch it.
    Then they came for our political sites, but I kept silent as I did not read them.

    Etc.


  • #41
    fortjames
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭fortjames


    it should be blocked for everyone unless you want to watch it, your choice, ask to unlock it from its source


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  • #42
    Noxin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Noxin


    This is all I have to say!


  • #43
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    donvito99 wrote: »
    Won't someone please think of the children single men between the ages of 16 and 35.

    Single men? Married men pull the mickey off themselves twice as much as single men. They don't just get no sex, they get negative sex.


  • #44
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    I believe it is only a matter of time before this is implemented. It's already been discussed in the UK. Once the ball gets rolling, it'll be EU wide.

    All liberties are protected, adults will still have access. The reason they are talking about this is former methods to protect kids from seeing porn have failed.


  • #45
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    OP, You're having a laugh.

    Whatever the kids do on the net is the parents responsibility. I think that is straight forward enough.

    Sex Education was taught to me at the age of 11 in the school I went too. Should be applied elsewhere. Sex is not a sin! Its normal.

    Do you also want to close down or censore TV channels like Babestation and playboy?
    Do you want all the places closed down such as "The Gentlemens Club" etc
    Do you want to censor the whole world and let everyone be molly collied?


    Porn has been on the planet since humans have...


    Thats a fricken long time!


  • #46
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Things that are opt in, are usually not very obvious or well publicised. The default should never be off, and there is an opt out for people if they want to prevent youngers from accessing it.

    I don't think it wouldn't really matter if it was an opt in or opt out system to be honest. If it's an opt out you'll sort yourself if you're a parent and if it's an opt in you'll sort yourself out if you want to look at pornography.


  • #47
    kc90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭kc90


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Nice avoidance technique to avoid your initial illogical statement.:eek:

    You have yet to provide background to your claims. Now, I'll give you it's common sense why young children shouldn't be exposed to porn.
    What is illogical about a teenager having a tug?


  • #48
    Hoop66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Hoop66


    kc90 wrote: »
    Are you going to answer the question or should I assume that your opinion is enough?

    I'll *ahem* take a stab at it:

    Unrealistic sexual expectations?
    Normalisation of violence in sex?


  • #49
    Perspectives
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Perspectives


    Nemeses wrote: »
    OP, You're having a laugh.

    Whatever the kids do on the net is the parents responsibility. I think that is straight forward enough.

    Sex Education was taught to me at the age of 11 in the school I went too. Should be applied elsewhere. Sex is not a sin! Its normal.

    Do you also want to close down or censore TV channels like Babestation and playboy?
    Do you want all the places closed down such as "The Gentlemens Club" etc
    Do you want to censor the whole world and let everyone be molly collied?


    Porn has been on the planet since humans have...


    Thats a fricken long time!

    Google 'brain on porn' to educate yourself. I personally don't want kids seeing porn of any kind. And hardcore/ violent porn is now widespread on the net. That's not healthy sexual development education for young teenagers now is it?


  • #50
    **Vai**
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭**Vai**


    kc90 wrote: »
    What is illogical about a teenager having a tug?

    Its not illogical, just unsafe. Most of us would have exploded as teenagers if we didn't have a tug.


  • #51
    **Vai**
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭**Vai**


    Perspectives wrote: »
    Google 'brain on porn' to educate yourself. I personally don't want kids seeing porn of any kind. And hardcore/ violent porn is now widespread on the net. That's not healthy sexual development education for young teenagers now is it?

    Its healthier for those in their late teens to see what happens rather than have it blocked from their lives as used to be the way in this country.


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