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.
If politicians truly cared about the children, then Trump and half his administration would have been strung up by their thumbs at this point. It’s not about the children.
Politicians are humans, just like us (with MAYBE just a larger helping of narcism). They’re also required to work within the law.
I understand the reason I’m getting down votes. We’re in a really really frustrating time. Lots of angry people (me too).
Law…politicians don’t seem to be following them these days. They seem more like Judge Dredd finding out the law is more a suggestion when it comes to themselves. Being able to even start wars without calling it one.
Past year has seemed more like people going, but that’s against the law you can’t do that. And them going okay who’s going to stop us?