[jksmith]

How many degrees of separation is this from adult regulation? Want to provide age information to a site so you can look at porn without any guarantee that information won't be used for additional profit? That's a real thing in the US.

Government assumes zero expected trust reciprocation because they don't have to provide trust reciprocation and can do what they want, and government is comprised of co-opted humans.

Err on the side of sovereign freedom. Arguing about banning this or regulating that is all second principle stuff, and nanny states all strike me as the tail-end of civilization.

[nostrebored]

I value my kid not being exposed to porn as a child well above your right to privacy while watching it.

The ubiquity of the internet and children’s access to it is something we haven’t reckoned with yet. The differences between pre social media and mobile vs now is immense. The people seeking to capitalize on getting children addicted to something are numerous and well motivated by LTV.

Their incentives and the wellbeing of children are directly at odds. We already regulate things that are addictive for children.

People might give their kids a drink extralegally. Nobody is saying “hey kid, why don’t we watch porn together so you can develop healthier habits.” Nobody is creating a “starter Instagram” with their teenage daughter.

These forms of media are NOT SAFE FOR KIDS. They have observably negative population wide outcomes and are as reasonably banned as lead in pipes.

[raw_anon_1111]

Then be a parent and turn on parental controls.

[hilbert42]

"Want to provide age information to a site so you can look at porn without any guarantee that information won't be used for additional profit?"

That's the Orwellian payoff: people self-censoring and frightened to act for rear of retribution or their reputation. It's the authoritarian's ideal approach to control.

[devmor]

I think you might be confused here.

Providing age assurance is what banning teens from social media requires. This is already happening in the US in several states.

Regulating social media is the alternative.

[expedition32]

Mate for 1000 years priests decided what we could eat on Friday's.

You've never been more free.