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by mgbmtl 1261 days ago
I agree it's 100% silly conservative BS, but let's be honest: Pornhub are absolutely terrible at complying with laws.

Anyone who uploads something illegal (childporn, non-fantasy rape videos, or stolen nudes) must be held accountable. And if they can't find who is accountable, then Pornhub should be accountable.

The other thing they will not do, is have a rating system for porn. Extreme porn should not be promoted to the front page. I'm not talking about when the UK considered facesitting to be "extreme". It could be determined by a neutral panel or whatnot. Then uploaders can set a rating, users can suggest a different rating, and users can change their rating filter. That way, teens exploring porn don't go from a casual gonzo, to something really extreme, in just a few clicks. It's better UX too, because I've talked about this with people, and many do watch porn, but they hate stumbling on something they consider gross (sorry to generalize, but women in particular tend to be more sensitive, and somewhat understandably since it's usually gross towards women).

Instead, PornHub repeatedly argue that everyone has their kinks. They do, but it's not a valid excuse for doing nothing.

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I disagree on this, I've been on websites where I've stumbled on CP right there on the suggestion box, this has never happened to me on pornhub.
> is have a rating system for porn

Not an unreasonable suggestion, but definitely going to run into unreasonable people who want everything to be rated "bad" (as you've seen with the UK nonsense)