Age restriction is not a solution for young kids addicted to social media

The solution is to put a wrecking ball to the exploiting algorithms that try to keep these kids on the platforms for as long as possible to show them as many ads as possible

Age verification is just another tool to keep taps on everyone

Start with the root of the problem and knock on doors from Meta to start with

"The series aims to re-emphasise the importance of knowledge sharing among people, as has been done for decades: communal exchange of information and expertise based on years of lived experiences, informed by local realities, and motivated by the need to feel connected with one another."

https://globalvoices.org/2026/04/15/dont-ask-ai-ask-a-peer-a-collaborative-series/

Tomorrow I'm turning 50 years old.

That's so old that once, when I was a child, I couldn't remember who played David Banner on the Incredible Hulk TV show, so my parents told me to call the library and ask for the reference desk.

The librarian who took the call said "Wasn't it Bill Bixby?" without even having to look a thing up.

So yeah, "the internet" has always been with us, it just used to be other people. I guess it still kinda is. But it used to be, too.