It was my job for a decade to try to keep tweens and teens safe online. Let me tell you what you already know: no law or technology can do it. There are no lengths kids won't go to to talk to friends without prying eyes. The harder you try to lock it down, the dodgier their solutions will be.
@mttaggart I am not sure what this is truly about: ID verification? SM ban? I believe these are two different topics. Once research shows that something has a negative health effects, it has to be limited or regulated. Take alcohol for instance. I believe I am not the only one who drank alcohol before the legal age. So, yes, kids find ways to get around prohibitions. However this is about not letting them drink regularly and become alcoholic.
Would you legalise alcohol at any age?
@s1m0n4 @mttaggart kids get their hands on illegal drugs without much effort, so even if they lack the skills to defeat this stuff how long do you think it would take black market to exploit the demand?
@CliffsEsport @mttaggart
A minority of kids do that. And the numbers have drastically dropped on that front. Gen Z, now adult, is the generation the most focused on health and wellbeing we've ever seen.
Smoking isn't cool anymore.
@s1m0n4 @CliffsEsport @mttaggart Just because one refused to partake doesn't mean one didn't know where to get it if they changed their mind.