On 2026-03-11, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 2:48=E2=80=AFPM Stefan Monnier <[email protected]= > al.ca> > wrote: > >> > Your comment, as well as the comments of others, is orthogonal to the >> > question: should children be exposed to anything and everything >> > on the Internet? This has no relation to religious beliefs, of >> > which I have none, coming from a secular background. >> >> The problem I see with age verification is the way it shifts the >> discussion. The real problem is in what it takes to be exposed to >> harmful content. By focusing on age-control, we stop discussing the >> responsibility of algorithmic propaganda sites (so-called "social >> media"), even though it's also very harmful to grown ups (actually, to >> society as a whole). > > > In the US it is difficult to reign in social media. That is why Europe and > Asia need to take the lead, and why Trump is pushing back so hard on > guardrails from Europe and Asia.
Social media reigns, and should be reined in; but the devil as always is in the details.
