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Can we not? Can parents just take care of their kids like they have for thousands of years instead of futility trying to babyproof the internet for a minority of people? Jesus.
It's like mandating all cars need to have an ignition interlock because some people drive drunk.
or a real example that most newer cars have a "check rear seat for occupant" alert because some people forget their babies in the backseat and they die...
That was the opinion of the Supreme Court nearly 20 years ago in Ashcroft vs. ACLU, but here we are.
Okay, so lets be certain that kids do not have a direct connection with every intelligence agency, mafia and terrorist organization in the world right in their pocket, just as they did not for thousands of years. Now, to be clear I really don't like the approach they've chosen here (I think we need to go much deeper into the fundamental design of the Internet), but I would hope it's not a controversial statement to assert that our society has taken a very sharp turn for the worse ever since the Internet became ubiquitous in children's development, and I think that really ought to prompt discussion about how it's being used.
So there are laws that people agree with that say people under 18 cannot buy/see porn at the store. What makes this any different
Basically PH and other xxx sites need you to verify your identity by uploading your ID. It's what should be unconstitutional and a violation of privacy.
Probably the bigger issue is the centralization of the internet
If we would have some more decentralized way of consuming content, then it would be harder to censor or control it
The internet nowadays is essentially just google, facebook, and pornhub
So applying a rule you can just target one company which will comply anyway because this is communism
I believe the responsibility should be on the parents to keep their children from viewing porn before they're 18. Not the government. I also believe there should be at least some control over what minors have access to. Will it ever be 100%? Nope. All we can do is the best we can do
This is a world for children, a world that adults have to keep alive.