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Requiring you to be over 18 to use "the real Internet" also requires you to present a government ID. Which means, effectively, anonymous or pseudonymous use of
by drewcrawford 15y ago
Requiring you to be over 18 to use "the real Internet" also requires you to present a government ID. Which means, effectively, anonymous or pseudonymous use of the Internet is dead. This may be a problem if you'd like to criticize your government.
Independently of whether or not you think that is a good idea in theory, it is unworkable in practice. There will always be coffee shops and open access points and neighbors to mooch off of for the kids to get ahold of porn. Your media backlash is now merely shifted from Vodaphone to the local mom & pop.
TL;DR - an Internet license is no substitute for proper parenting.
- bwarp 15y agoYou don't have to have a "government ID" or present ID. That's a fallacy. You just have to provide reasonable evidence that you are a not a minor. Pubic hair is usually enough. It's a choice the providers made to protect their arses from lawsuits, not the government. There are a lot of paranoid people here. Edit: to explain the "pubic hair" comment is sarcasm relating to how lax the verification process is. Judging by the time of day, lots of humor-challenged Americans have woken up.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoI for one regularly use my pubic hair as proof of age.