Texas, Utah and other states are age-gating parts of the internet.

Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.

  • @[email protected]English
    30•1 year ago

    These laws are made by bad parents or those that want to control someone else’s children. It’s so easy to just talk to your kids about the dangers of the internet and to put on parental controls on all devices.

    • CethinEnglish
      20•1 year ago

      Honestly, I don’t think that’s the case. I think it’s more by people who want to virtue signal. They get to talk about how they’re “protecting the children” and their opponents (if they dare to oppose it) “don’t want to protect the children.” I don’t believe many of them are doing it out of an actual desire to protect children, even a misguided one.

      • @[email protected]English
        13•1 year ago

        Oh that’s definitely part of it. I also think this is an attempt to scrub the internet of any mention of women freedoms, contraception, abortion, LGBTQ+, etc.