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Just what citizens need: a the government watching everything you do! Regardless of how you feel about pornography or other "obscene" content, this kind of power will be abused. Even if Iceland, arbiters of good taste, manage to use it entirely within the given bounds, that kind of information could be pilfered and used by more malicious people. Even big tech focused companies are not immune to data theft, so why would Iceland do any better?

As the saying goes: let's collect data on how everyone in Iceland browses the web; what could possible go wrong?



> Even if Iceland, arbiters of good taste, manage to use it entirely within the given bounds

Why would porn fall outside of the bounds for good taste, and where is the line drawn between fine art and porn? And who draws the line?

There is no need to go any further than the proposed law itself to find that it is wrong.


While I happen to agree with you, I'm trying to make the point that even people emotionally invested in their hatred of pornography should see that this law is faulty. Even if we happened to disagree on the specifics of obscenity, this law is wrong.




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