Yes I agree the way the UK is going about this is fucking silly and unlikely to even work, however I haven’t seen much debate about the motive behind the act.
I feel like this community has generally been pretty critical of the porn industry and particularly the effect of the massive proliferation of easy to access internet porn on young men (“porn brain” was a pretty common term around here). But when the UK tries to ban it I’ve suddenly seen a lot of defense of teenagers right to see pics or boobs on the internet.
I would also point out this is an ML dominated community, most people here are pretty fine with socialist governments censoring content or restricting access to good that are deemed harmful to the common good. But I have noticed a trend on here where when a liberal capitalist government tries to do the same thing everyone suddenly start sounding very libertarian about porn/booze/slop movies/what have you.
I think if you’re 18 you should be allowed to look at porn and purchase it, I don’t see anything wrong that that. Under 18? Yeah it’s not good, younger people probably shouldn’t be exposed to it early. I disagree with China’s approach to ban pornography, it’s one of the few things I disagree with them on. Funny enough I could see China doing a better ban on porn for minors, while still allowing adults to access it, than anything the UK or USA is cooking up which is backwards and wrong.