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.
38 points
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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 name a few. They’re the ones driving this stuff.
15 points
I’m kind of disappointed that the Ndp voted in favor of this bullshit plan.
11 points
Ugh. I hadn’t heard. I expected better, but the NDP have been a terrible disappointment in the last decade or so.
8 points
