> 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 real

> 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).