First they came for benefits...then they came for porn

The Online Safety Act 2023 has now had its most oppressive measures implemented. Any content deemed to be “harmful” or “hateful” now requires age verification. What is this supposedly harmful content? Anything from images of Gaza to forums for young people on trans and sexual health. But the biggest target by far of the genocide-supporting feminists of the Labour Party, the most sinful of all, is porn. And if suppressing young people’s sexuality and access to health information isn’t bad enough, the law has created an open goal for Farage.

The government claims this bill is about protecting young women from online abuse. It is undeniable that there is a rise in misogyny. In schools, you would not be able to spend a day without hearing numerous anti-woman comments. At home and in the family, violence against women is ever rising. In fact, there is not an area of life where the rise in misogyny isn’t reflected—including through social media and porn.

However, the Online Safety Act does nothing for the fight against misogyny—it is a classic example of liberals attacking the symptoms and not the cause. The growth of misogyny isn’t a result of social media or porn, but the utterly desperate conditions for the working class and youth today.

The schools are falling apart while kids are treated like prisoners. Youth centres are a distant memory of past generations. Other public services such as leisure centres and libraries are closing by the hour. The screws are increasingly being tightened on young people as society crumbles before their eyes. Limiting access to the internet further fuels resentment and does the opposite of protecting young women.

Human nature is a factor too. According to liberals and conservatives alike, young people are sweet and innocent little things until easy and/or accidental access to porn corrupts them. Either that, or they must be “damaged” by some kind of “abuse” to want to explore their sexuality. But this is nothing more than moral fantasy. The reality is, when kids reach puberty, a whole array of hormones are awakened, and it is natural to want to explore these new feelings and desires. The main purpose of puberty, regardless of what age it begins, is to form sexual capability and needs. No matter how hard liberals try, they cannot stop pubescent teens becoming sexual beings—it simply goes against human nature.

It is also important to understand the social conditions for teenage sex during this period. Anti-sex moralism is at a modern high; sex and relationship education in schools is diabolical and finding a comfortable and private place for teens to do it is almost impossible. Not only does this make the possibility for teens to engage in sex so difficult, but it is why teens are so reliant on porn today. In the absence of more natural ways, ie with one another, young people have little choice but to explore their sexuality through porn.

So, alongside everything else, it is no wonder that in response to the liberals blocking porn to youth, many kids are turning to the right since Farage & Co are the most vocal opponents of the Online Safety Act. Obviously, Nigel Farage does not care about kids’ safety and frankly shares the same moral opposition to youth sexuality as the liberals; but this becomes secondary because he is seen as at least opposing the establishment and their law.

Farage also hits on real and genuine concerns of working people, namely that “harmful” or “hateful” are vague terms that can be used to censor political opponents of the establishment. The liberals are policing the internet more than ever before. And it’s not just the right that is threatened by it; the left too can be further censored. As an example, social media companies who use the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, which equates anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, now pretty much have free rein to silence any anti-Israeli genocide post they want on the basis of “hateful” speech. Of course, Farage is fine with censoring the left and only wants right-wing demagogy to be freely allowed. This is all the more reason why the left must stand against the liberals and oppose the Online Safety Act. If the left stays silent on this issue, it will be another example of why the working class sees the left as establishment stooges.