Rowan: Devices already come with parental controls and filtering at the device level is a lot less problematic than the site level

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.

Devices already come with parental controls and filtering at the device level is a lot less problematic than the site level

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