marcjacob - just HOW is this to be accomplished? it's nice to say we "should" do this but it's not really possible.

i know people who have warning pages with simple terms and a script that won't let you in unless you input your age. they add code so every and any filter can be used to keep kids from seeing their sites. some even have censored tours. but ultinately kids can steal their parents cards and join.

yet parents can certainly easily keep their pre-13 kids out of all that mess by using filters. sure, some 17 year olds may be smart enough to bypass those filters.

i believe kids should be kept away from porn, violence, hate and many other sites but in the u.s. we have not been given the means to really do so. so what is your solution if not making the parents responsible?


Quote Originally Posted by marcjacob View Post
Dont you think that webmasters should be responcible for who sees the material we publish?

I wonder how much free traffic and tgp traffic is actually under 18?

I have to say that a new breed of AVS where they actually verified the customers age, maybe by voter lists, would really help the industry's name and reputation.

I was 17 when i joined Badpuppy. All you need to get access to porn when your aged 15 - or any age, is to find one of the many tgps and free site link lists. There is no control over who access's these sites and a warning page does very little.

I agree 100% that parents should take more responcibilty for the kids in their care, but we as an Industry, for the main part, do very little other than put up a warning page or filter code.