Decreasing Online Child Pornography

Child exploitation online is one of the most pressing moral crises of the internet age. While it may not be possible to eliminate child pornography entirely, we can drive it out of the mainstream internet by placing responsibility where it belongs: on content creators and the platforms that host them—not on ordinary users.

Key Principles

• Age Verification at the Source:

  • Require NSFW content creators to verify age through credit card, ID, or biometrics before uploading.
  • Platforms hosting NSFW material must enforce these rules, ensuring predators cannot exploit anonymity.

• Protect Free Speech While Targeting Abuse:

  • Avoid broad restrictions on viewing adult content.
  • Use precise, targeted measures against illegal exploitation while preserving the right to access legal NSFW material.

• Hold Big Tech Accountable:

  • Amend Section 230 to ensure that online platforms are legally liable for hosting already-illegal activity like child pornography.
  • Technology corporations must follow the same laws as individuals and face prosecution if they enable exploitation.

• Expose Profit-Driven Negligence:

  • Big tech often avoids meaningful enforcement because it cuts into profits.
  • Strong laws must ensure corporations prioritize child protection over profit margins.

• Guard Against Overreach:

  • Recognize the risk that tech companies may use ID verification as a pretext to strip anonymity and expand surveillance for profit.
  • Balance child protection with constitutional rights and privacy safeguards.

Children must never be the collateral damage of corporate greed or technological negligence. By requiring real accountability from platforms and content creators while safeguarding free speech and privacy, we can drastically reduce online child exploitation.

Protect children. Hold tech accountable. Preserve freedom.