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Child safety bills are reshaping the internet for everyone (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.

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[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

These laws are dangerous, kids are going to sneak a peek at adult things and when they do going to pornhub is far safer than having to avoid strong filters by joining a private discord group full of creepy old guys.

Honestly these laws are a groomers dream, keeping kids naive and then funnelling them in to poorly moderated or purposely immoral porn sharing communities creates actual dangers which aren't present when a teenager sees some videos from the front page of pornhub.

What we actually need to do it have real conversations about things