Register and ID to watch porn? This may be necessary in the future. Parliament wants to pass a law to protect children and young people from pornographic content on the internet. The Pirate Party opposes this and has declared the referendum.
The pirates are supported by the Corona skeptics’ camp. The organization Mass-Voll also wants to collect signatures for the referendum. The new law does not protect young people, but according to Mass-Voll causes a series of serious collateral damage, such as a police state on the internet.
“Identification obligation in the Internet Act”
In general, the opponents feel that the porn ban law misses its original purpose. You speak of an “identification obligation in the Internet Act”. It’s too “spongy” and would ignore the direct exchange of porn through platforms like WhatsApp.
«The current law is Gugus and has little added value. But it is the starting signal for a new identification requirement and checkpoints on the internet. Network blockages are the result of this,” criticizes Jorgo Ananiadis (53), chairman of the Swiss Pirate Party.
Protective measures pointless
In fact, it is unclear how access to adult content should be technically regulated. Suggestions are, for example, registration via credit card or network blocks. A faux pas for the pirates.
Because the law stipulates that the data may be reused. Moreover, most measures are easy to circumvent. It only takes a few seconds to avoid a network block.
Unholy Alliances
The fact that they have Corona skeptics on board at Mass-Voll does not bother the pirates. They are even happy: “We cannot save a referendum like this alone,” said Phillippe Burger (34), vice-chairman of the Pirate Party.
“We agree with Mass-Voll about the identification obligation law, but not about the corona policy,” Burger puts into perspective. Such unholy alliances are common in Swiss democracy. “Mass-Voll” is officially not on the referendum committee, so Burger.
Opponents of measures looking for a topic
Officially on board is Team Freedom, an organization that has no direct connection with corona skeptics, but claims to have sprung from the Stop Lockdown Petition.
Since the corona measures were over, opponents of the measures have been looking for a new right to exist. Next attempt: no internet lockdown.