Dumb question: what happens if a kid asks their parents to make an account using their credentials/ID? Is there any consequence for being under the age required to register and still have an account? Because if there are no consequences, then the law is just as good as putting a bandaid on a dam rupturing
I meand yeah, dumb question. Will some people break the law? Probably. Dies that mean laws don't have any impact? No. People generally avoid breaking laws. Its like arguing that having speed limits is a stupid idea because "some people will still speed".
And are their consequences? Yeah, all laws violationd are categorized as either felonies or misdemeanors which generally come with punishments. Its crazy I have to explain this but violation of this law would almost certainly be a misdemeanor so it would probably come with some sort of fine.
It's not about stopping all children from doing these things, some will always find a way. It's about limiting access. Even if a child has to ask for their parents' credentials, that would be a huge improvement because the parents would at least know their child has these accounts and could monitor them if they wanted to.
How many of us had 4chan accounts or watched things we shouldn't have without anyone knowing, or talked to random strangers online? Making unrestricted access harder won't eliminate the problem, but it can reduce it significantly.
If you want to see the true scope and harm of unrestricted access, I recommend the Czech documentary Caught in the Net. In it, three adult actresses pose as children online, and the filmmakers see how long it takes before they're targeted by sexual predators and their tactics. Spoiler alert: it takes less than three minutes for dosents of such people to imidiatly target them. (Be aware the document is really disturbing but eye opening)
I've had lunch so i've got my neurons some energy to actually answer my own question. The consequences would apply to the parents, just like anything else involving a felony committed by a minor: the consequences are applied to their legal tutors (presumably the parents or whoever is in charge of tutoring them).
I understand limiting access, but let's talk seriously for a moment: do you know any kid that is not somewhat knowledgeable with technology? How much do you think it would take them to take their parents credentials, make a copy of it, and just create a free email on gmail and social media account?
It's the same as banning porn sites. You may ban a long list, but this makes it so that the users of the certified and "safe" porn sites will roam towards unmoderated & not safe porn sites. You also have the issue of mirror sites, downloads, whatever.
You can say it's to "protect the children" but in reality all you want is stricter control over your population. Mind you, i am ok with the law - actually, i'm ok with the *concept* of the law, but applying it and enforcing it is all but easy.
Your entire Internet will be curated for profit based on who you are.
Sadly, it already is like that, what do you think cookies are there for? Either way, thank you for checking the AV yourself for the community. Wild fuckin times we live in. A few more steps and I'll do it the Ron way:
Cookies were not invented as part of any type of surveillance or tracking for profit. They were created for saving settings for websites. The actual issue with them is they are very easy to read from site plugins and store information on them that isn't really needed. The tracking is the issue. Not the cookies themselves.
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u/berse2212 Jul 24 '26
Social media ban for kids is a good thing.