[yubblegum]

Porn is damaging at multiple levels, specially for young adults to say nothing of "children".

+Should be clear is that exposing children to porn or normalizing porn in no way promotes "healthy economies" either.

[Asooka]

Mass surveillance is far more damaging. Also there are several porn block solutions on offer for parents to install on their children's devices. There is absolutely zero need for the government to be regulating mass surveillance on everyone to block porn for children. We are replacing the damage caused by porn on a small handful of people who are predisposed to get addicted and got exposed to it at a young age due to bad parenting, with damaging all of society with mass surveillance, which is not even guaranteed to stop kids from seeing porn.

[trumpeta]

sure but so is social media and ultra processed food. Both with much greater impact, why not start there?

[em-bee]

because porn is primarily a moral problem, the others are only mental and health problems. surely moral problems are way more serious, right?

[thomasuebel]

Because no porn lobby?

[slightwinder]

Imagine society is able to tackle multiple problems all at once.. Seems like fiction for some..

[danaris]

[Citation needed]

Multiple studies have shown that porn, in and of itself, is not damaging. The phenomenon of "porn addiction" appears to come entirely from people who think they shouldn't be looking at porn for various (mostly religious) reasons still looking at it, and feeling shame.

[sixtyj]

Probably not dangerous for adults. But if you combine high-speed internet, unlimited mobile data - it's basically a debilitating affair for kids aged 8-18.

The BBC did a documentary about the knowledge of porn among kids, and how 16-year-olds go to the doctor's office saying they don't have erections...

[poly2it]

Can you also provide a citation?

[sixtyj]

BBC Channel 4 did some documentary about porn and damage it does to young ones.