...I think it's reasonable to point out that end-to-end encryption is particularly important for children, and that to the degree that its adoption is negativel

...I think it's reasonable to point out that end-to-end encryption is particularly important for children, and that to the degree that its adoption is negatively impacted or hamstrung by the statutory and regulatory environments (even in situations that are partly well-meaning, as is perhaps the case here), children are likely to suffer disproportionately. The social and political impact of mass surveillance and secret targeted profiling of human behaviors is unlikely to dramatically change the trajectories of the lives of people who are today adults, even if it may impact the way our state functions. But for children, having a massive corpus of data on their ever preference, with which to manipulative them as consumers and voters, forever? This is an existential threat to their ability to mature into free-thinking adults. I don't mind 'think of the children' arguments; but they need to actually rationally consider the impact on children in the first place.