And when the push comes to shove, then they'll collectively get their shit together and change that. By going "this is the current state of affairs and it's bad but I can't be bothered to change it" you're part of the problem. The more parents start doing it, a domino effect will happen and now parents will collectively give a shit about their children.
Okay. And how long will it take for people to "collectively get their shit together"? Societal norms are notoriously slow to change. Gen Z is growing up all different kinds of pornsick and I don't see anyone mobilising to fix that -- in fact, it's more expected now that kids are born with a device in their hands and allowed to freely roam the Internet than it was five, ten years ago. If we do nothing, things will get worse before they get better.
Of course I'm still an
advocate for social change where it's possible. I just don't think it alone will effectively put an end to the issue within a reasonable timespan, and it's risky to put all your faith in some sort of mass awakening event when the corporations primarily responsible for this mess are actively working in the other direction to normalise porn consumption.
Needless to say, implementing systems like these, that affect everyone to protect a single group is idiotic.
If such a system was implemented, it'd realistically affect the 1-5% of people who use the Internet for anything other than banking, shopping or social media (and even for them, very little would substantially change). The group being protected makes up a quarter of the population and will also be in charge of the country when you're old. This isn't even a "think of the children" take; I legitimately do think that, objectively speaking, enforcing ID verification would benefit far more people than it'd harm.
Not every form of government regulation is the first step on some slippery slope to a North Korean-style totalitarian regime where the Secret Police kidnap you for shitposting online. That's a very black-and-white way of thinking. In modern society, some things just
should be regulated, because we're not equipped as humans to use them responsibly, and the government is the only entity that can put those regulations into action. (see also: AI)
Then please, share with us, complete strangers, detailed information about your daily life. Where you live, where you work, what you ate for breakfast, where you went at which time and for what purpose. You're not doing anything illegal, you're a law abiding citizen so it's okay to share this information with everyone, right? Write it down for everyone to see if you believe that online privacy is not a major issue.
I don't share my personal information on KF because of the risk that either someone from here or (more likely) some deranged Twitter troon lurking here would use that knowledge to screw with me in particular. The government won't go out of their way to harass me or send my posts to my boss, therefore I couldn't care less what they know about my online activity, and I think it's kind of strange that anyone would. I'm far more distrustful of tech corporations, so I simply don't use social media.
I could go on but I know that any vaguely authoritarian take on this site is bound to go down like a ham sandwich at a Bar Mitzvah, so I'll shut up and quit derailing the thread unless anyone wants to take this to Mass Debates. Ciao
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