[Solved] "Opt In" for Porn?!?

The trouble is many parents aren't that computer savvy so don't police their kids' computers.

The Internet has made porn extremely accessible despite age and the porn content has expanded into extremes and niches. Porn is also easily accessible through mobile phones as many now have similarities with computers when it comes to screen quality and user options.

My personal opinion is that porn in general and specifically Internet porn is not suitable for under-age children. The distance between online soft porn and hardcore is often just a click away, and porn can be addictive. I believe porn is not an adequate source of information for youngsters who are trying to establish their own identity including their sexuality, and learn about how to respect and love another person.

Many youngsters struggle with questions like “What is normal?” and “Am I normal?”. Looking at porn can make it a lot more difficult to find healthy and reasonable answers to those questions.

It is easy to see how porn has influenced the online culture, according to our language, choice of nicknames, photos and videos being distributed through mobile phones and Internet.

I personally feel this is a good idea. The control is up to parents, and as mikey says, parents often don't know how to control what their children have access to (I admit, I'm one of them, even though I'm reasonably computer literate), and how often it needs to be updated, and for which computers. Anything that makes it easier is a good thing, in my view - whether the tools are used are another thing.

I do feel that the proposed ban of sexual advertising within 100yards of school is a bit pointless - either you do it completely or not at all (I must admit, I did like the Wonderbra "Hello boys" advert) as kids don't suddenly become aware of adverts near school, but not at any other time.

The trouble is many parents aren't that computer savvy so don't police their kids' computers.

Only it's not just porn that kids shouldn't be looking at - and IMO censorship is NEVER the answer when education is an option. [censored], every 'standard' operating system comes complete with a content filter for free, why don't we just teach people to use it? It's really not complicated, takes about 5 minutes, and could be covered in a single leaflet or a half page in the local newspaper. I've no issue with content being blocked AT YOUR REQUEST, but to make it opt-in smacks of nanny state fascism. Why not have it opt out?

Violence is by far a bigger issue for our society, but yet it's not illegal to buy a copy of Manhunt 5: The Stabbening for your five year old...

The Internet has made porn extremely accessible despite age and the porn content has expanded into extremes and niches. Porn is also easily accessible through mobile phones as many now have similarities with computers when it comes to screen quality and user options.

I disagree with none of that, or anything else you wrote (I didn't want to quote the whole thing), but I think [censored] is pushed in your face all over society, cleaning up X-Factor would have a far bigger impact but then every tuneless moron and their dog want to be on X-Factor, but nobody admits to looking at porn.

It's a load of bollocks to me. There's plenty of things available to parents to use to block such websites being accessed, there's Sky parental lock etc on tv, there's ways to do it and having an 'opt in' thing it totally pointless. Are they going to end up discriminating against those who do 'opt in' for whatever reason they do so? What's going to be next getting a ban on certain forms of entertainment as kids copy it?

Then there's this beauty:

There will also be a website, Parentport, which parents can use to complain about television programmes, advertisements, products or services which they believe are inappropriate for children.

Oh yes lets [censored] and moan about things we don't find appropriate that we see on TV. How long would it take for someone to moan about something that's on post watershed because their children are still awake?

Violence is by far a bigger issue for our society, but yet it's not illegal to buy a copy of Manhunt 5: The Stabbening for your five year old...

Totally agree, they should concentrate efforts and educating these moronic parents that believe it's perfectly fine for their young children to play games or watch films that are given a certificate rating of twice their age.

Violence is by far a bigger issue for our society, but yet it's not illegal to buy a copy of Manhunt 5: The Stabbening for your five year old...

Totally agree, they should concentrate efforts and educating these moronic parents that believe it's perfectly fine for their young children to play games or watch films that are given a certificate rating of twice their age.

I agree totally that violence is a big issue that doesn't seem to be being tackled.

Kids will view it if they want to - they know all the passwords and know how to change all of the settings.

Like everything it is about setting expectations and hoping that they take notice.

I do check internet history from time to time but not often as i do trust them but the fact that I have checked it may serve as some sort of deterrent

Was talking about internet porn and it has made it very accessible - I remembe working in a newsagent as a teenager and watching the old men coming in to buy their weekly copy of Razzle - they would slip it inside a paper or just show the price!!

As for violence unfortunately that is the society we now accept - but how do we stop it - we need to start with the kids and punish them if they are in possession of any weapons. However what about computer games that are all about war, killing etc