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I'd say my comment could refer to any law attempting to curtail consumption of content itself by purely trying to limit distribution channels only. Social media

I'd say my comment could refer to any law attempting to curtail consumption of content itself by purely trying to limit distribution channels only. Social media laws aren't really about limiting consumption of the content, they are about limiting who can sign up to actively contribute and otherwise participate as an active member to the social media site. What checks are or aren't done by the laws is a bit besides that point as they aren't what make such laws ineffective (though they can be problematic for other reasons depending what and how). This includes ZKPs as they, similarly, only increases the burden on those actually attempting to consume the content legitimately. If you want to prevent most teens from consuming porn on the internet then they're the ones you have to somehow convince the risk isn't worth it. If you're not willing to do that in a meaningful way (which most, reasonably, aren't) then no amount of technobabble or pages of law are going to put a dent in their porn consumption.

palata 1y ago
> Social media laws aren't really about limiting consumption of the content, they are about limiting who can sign up to actively contribute First, I can't really consume content on Facebook or TikTok because I don't have an account. So I believe that your statement is not entirely correct. Second, for social media there is the network effect. If suddenly most kids can't access them anymore, then they lose value for them. You'd need most of them to work around the check. Porn you can find in torrent, but a social media account you can't. Again, I totally understand the issue with the check: who will be left out? What if adults get disconnected because they don't have a way to verify their age? Not sure that it would be a big issue for TikTok, but it would be a problem for WhatsApp (assuming that one would want age verification for WhatsApp).

palata 1y ago

> Social media laws aren't really about limiting consumption of the content, they are about limiting who can sign up to actively contribute First, I can't really consume content on Facebook or TikTok because I don't have an account. So I believe that your statement is not entirely correct. Second, for social media there is the network effect. If suddenly most kids can't access them anymore, then they lose value for them. You'd need most of them to work around the check. Porn you can find in torrent, but a social media account you can't. Again, I totally understand the issue with the check: who will be left out? What if adults get disconnected because they don't have a way to verify their age? Not sure that it would be a big issue for TikTok, but it would be a problem for WhatsApp (assuming that one would want age verification for WhatsApp).