Why not, if it stops kids seeing harmful stuff? It probably won't stop some tech-savvy teenagers getting round it, but if some youngsters are prevented from getting onto suicide or porn sites, good.
@FreddieUK The only place you should give your ID to is a bank or some official verified institution. No random website should demand this from you. You don't know where it'll end up and how can your identity be stolen or misused. There were cases here when someone managed to use a photo of someone's ID to set up a bank account and take a loan in their name.
@FreddieUK I'll tell you why not. Number one, it won't work for its stated purpose, because...
Number two, this is the beginning of censored internet for everybody. That means that the governments of our supposedly free countries get to decide what we're allowed to read. You comfortable with that?
@FreddieUK It doesn't stop them, though... all it does is make already illegal forms of pornography more attractive - and THAT'S NOT covered by this legislation because it's already illegal in other laws.
Furthermore, you still don't need ID to look at GIF's of the exact same content that you now need ID to watch properly. The only thing is that you just don't have sound.
If you sit around on SW without any filters on... someone will be along sooner or later with some porn videos for you to watch, too.
