Here’s a world first but how on earth are they going to successfully implement it?
Good idea? Bad idea?
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Oh come on …the subject isn’t that bad …
You can flirt with me instead if you like.
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Hi
I have been trying to flirt with you for years Morti, only to have my efforts being totally ignored.
That basically is the story of my life with ladies, just ignored.
I am definitely no George Clooney
I don’t get all this online hate and problems.
Electrons cannot hurt you, that is the Yorkshire view of life.
Hitting the people involved in trying to hurt your family does hurt them, and has a tendency to solve the problem.
Words of wisdom from my Grandmother.
Look after your little sisters.
That is your job.
A fearsome lady my Granny. 
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If anyone knows how to get around it, it’s the under 16s.
So what next?
Meanwhile the over 50 have never heard of half these sites … Kick, Twitch … wow see you there.
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Being under 16 myself, I feel that I shouldn’t really reply to this thread. 
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I am all for this, but I likewise see the problems with enforcement without parents or people under the age of 16 yielding privacy information, primarily birthdates, fingerprints etc.
The more you restrict something, the more the people who need those protections will figure out workarounds. It’s the law 3, section 12 of teenager law.
If you want to get rid of the problem, you have to remove the head of the corporate snake, but I don’t see any real signs of the public truly dedicated to that effort.
As much as possible, parents have to do their jobs. When my tweens and young teens had computers I could see every bit of history on their computers and phones, and we regularly discussed concerns. They were, according to them, the last people on the planet to get phones with internet access.
Quote, “YOU ARE THE MEANEST MOTHER ON THE PLANET.”
I have the crown for that designation proudly displayed in the glass case in the foyer, and two safe, mature, well-adjusted young adult children to show for it… 
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Meta started deleting accounts of under 16s over a week ago to comply with the ban which comes in force today…
The PM even weighed in
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Bit of a bugger when an under sixteen year old child can access a potentially harmful site, and a seventy five year old bloke can’t even access a relatively mild porn site… 
Oops!
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Psst … I know how to avoid getting caught out by ransomware if you do ,
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In cognito, search free porn and there are still sites that have slipped through the net.
So I’m told, anyway.
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Forget porky’s, You’re such a dark equine Morty…
But I like you…
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Are porn sites blocked in the UK?
Well, kinda. The choices seems to be that you prove your age, which will make anonymity somewhat difficult. Or, you sign up to a VPN service which may include a fee.