The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online...
One way that comes to mind is encouraging the use of either sketchy sites that don’t verify, or potentially sketchy sites to download VPNs (there are good VPNs but finding them might prove difficult for a non-techy child).
The main question I’d have isn’t whether these laws harm children, but whether they do anything to “protect” children. It seems to me like the obvious answer would be no?
It’s protecting control over children