Post #3114057

2026-05-19 19:28 UTC

Sounds like a good idea. Now we just need a way to determine which users are kids and which are adults. I've got it! We can use age verification for that, and we'll probably also need to ban vpns to stop kids from getting around it.

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@kobra@lemmy.zip 2026-05-20 01:11

Kids can't actually get access to the internet on their own. You have to purchase an internet connection of some sort via a provider and kids can't do that. Public access, like libraries, would have to use ID/age verification in person, sure. But not the general internet. That responsibility falls to the parents of the children and you can create whatever punitive laws you want to punish and hold parents accountable for preventing their kids from accessing the internet. It's literally the same thing we do with prescription drugs and alcohol. Some people have to lock them up, but mostly those bottles are unlocked and accessible to kids all over the world and we expect the parents to do the gatekeeping and then punish/hold the parents accountable when they don't.

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@Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2026-05-19 20:28

No no no. Just take the American approach. Shoot the kids in the schools! What? Is that a bad idea? Oh, it is? Well so is age verification.

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