New U.S laws designed to protect minors are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates to access online content, leading to backlash from users and criticism from privacy advocates that a free and open internet is at stake. Roughly half of U.S. states have enacted or are advancing laws requiring platforms — including adult content sites, online gaming services, and social media apps — to block underage users, forcing companies to screen everyone who approaches these digital gates.
Children shouldn’t be on Reddit or Lemmy. And if anyone disagrees, they better not be complaining about idiots on those platforms.
My statements are about participation, not about how the enforcement should be handled.
I agree, children shouldn’t be on tiktok or any of these kinds of platforms.
And yes, it should be social pressure rather than legal pressure.