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0 pointscodedokode3y ago0 comments

You can say the same thing about alcohol or cigarettes. Obviously, kids can find a way to buy them illegally but it doesn't mean that we should allow that.

I propose to make it illegal to help kids to obtain access to adult Internet the same way as it is illegal to help them to buy alcohol.

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concordDance3y ago

Alcohol and cigarettes physically harm you. As best I can tell internet access is no more harmful than gaming.

The two classes of risk are too different for the analogy to work.

codedokodeOP3y ago

If Internet access is not harming, then why do Bills like this exist?

concordDance3y ago

Corporations like having less competition by putting up barriers to entry, old media disliked new media which carried over to big tech (and the inter-company PR wars have been brutal) and politicians like being seen to "do something" about whatever problems are in the news.

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0 pointscodedokode3y ago0 comments

You can say the same thing about alcohol or cigarettes. Obviously, kids can find a way to buy them illegally but it doesn't mean that we should allow that.

I propose to make it illegal to help kids to obtain access to adult Internet the same way as it is illegal to help them to buy alcohol.

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concordDance3y ago

Alcohol and cigarettes physically harm you. As best I can tell internet access is no more harmful than gaming.

The two classes of risk are too different for the analogy to work.

codedokodeOP3y ago

If Internet access is not harming, then why do Bills like this exist?

concordDance3y ago

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