> the right way to do this is to legislate that these sites add the RTA header to any domain/url that may have adult or user-generated content ... > A header i

> the right way to do this is to legislate that these sites add the RTA header to any domain/url that may have adult or user-generated content ... > A header is trivial to add, trivial to verify is active and the legal liability is then shifted to the parent as it is for everything else related to their child. No, you just said the web site is responsible for publishing the header, which means they have legal liability. Does HackerNews have "user-generated content"? Does it have to publish the same header as Pornhub? And as you later write: "In terms of bypassing, teens will bypass it but they can just visit sites that a database would never be enforced on in the first place." Exactly. That's also from the article: "In its Twitter statement, Pornhub alleged that a major problem with these laws is that states "are not regulating enforcement." This means that major platforms like Pornhub will likely comply with the laws voluntarily—or else risk fines of up to $1 million annually, the FSC estimated—while users seeking to avoid age verification will simply migrate over to seedier platforms that don't require ID and often pose security and privacy risks to users." IOW, it wouldn't work and would just be a way to go after mainstream websites that ran afoul of a politician.