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this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026
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Honestly, I wouldn't see much of a problem with this either. I found it utterly stupid when I was a minor that there were (supposed to be) restrictions on what information I could access, and now that I've been an adult for a while, I don't find it any less stupid and wonder what the big deal would have been.
But whatever the justification for restricting this is, how is it "abuse and exploitation" to let people do the things they actively want to do? Abuse and exploitation are generally things people want not to happen in their lives.
I mean, there is definitely abuse and exploitation happening in online games. Roblox is a well-documented hellhole of predators. But intrusive age verification can't be the answer.
OK, that is probably true. But that wasn't the talking point in the original article. The vast majority of online interactions, no matter where, are not abuse or exploitation.
Ultimately, the Internet is meant to be a worldwide communication medium that allows everyone to communicate with everyone. That's literally its central purpose. If parents think their children aren't developmentally ready to communicate with a wide variety of people, they shouldn't be giving them access to a communication medium whose entire purpose is to enable them to do so.
Agreed.