The smart phone generation seem to have lower computer literacy than millennials largely due to smart phones hiding away a lot of the workings. In the UK age verification for adult sites came into force yesterday and like everywhere streaming services are getting very enshittified. This is going to lead kids to discovering tor, VPNs, pirating, how to make deep fakes (to fool ai based age verification), and other ways of getting what they want without restrictions.
That’s the point. They’re not trying to “protect the kids”. They’re trying to kill porn by making it more cumbersome and uncomfortable for you to do.
Aren’t there like 1000s of Russian porn sites that dgaf who you are or where you are? (And probably install malware.) Are all UK ISPs going to find them all and block them all one by one or how is that supposed to work if the site itself doesn’t geo block?
Next step: the great wall of great britain. Protecting citizens from harmful foreign influences.
Hadrian’s firewall