Can we all agree kids shouldn't be watching Porn?

These age verification laws that are coming into effect have a lot of people really upset. But can we all agree something that children should not be allowed to? Just have free reign on the internet or scroll p*ornhub non-stop in the most darkest and perverted trenches of the internet? I understand you all think that the parent should be solely responsible for this and that’s true to some effect… But we don’t live in a perfect world in many parents are absolute garbage. Many have absolutely zero technological literacy and when it comes to the parental controls that are in place, many of them are wonky or break or absolute crap and prone to failure.

Is it possible that all of us are catastrophizing a little bit when it comes to what these laws are going to do. Many people act like we are going to wake up tomorrow and suddenly be in the middle of North Korea when it comes to our technological use 🤨 can we all simply agree for a moment that it’s not healthy for kids to be going down porn rabbit holes on the internet? Maybe the laws are not a perfect solution, but you wouldn’t be able to walk into a store and buy a bottle of alcohol without some ID. Why is prn any different?

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