Christopher Anders: "Better parents" is just a shallow answer for the underlying issue of many parents not having enough time for their children due to the vast majority of people just struggling to survive. A great many of today's ills could be resolved by addressing that problem first.

EFF has said time and again that age verification mandates are surveillance systems which undermine anonymity and privacy of all, don’t work as intended, and chill access to speech online. (1/4)

California Lawmakers Should Reject Mandatory Internet ID Checkswww.eff.org California lawmakers are debating an ill-advised bill that would require internet users to show their ID in order to look at sexually explicit content. EFF has sent a letter to California legislators

I get the argument against regulation of this sort. But it would be better received if it came with a solution (or a suggested one) to the flood of pornography on the internet and children's access to it, which is an actual problem. Every reply is just "better parents!!!". But that's unrealistic.

"Better parents" is just a shallow answer for the underlying issue of many parents not having enough time for their children due to the vast majority of people just struggling to survive. A great many of today's ills could be resolved by addressing that problem first.

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