It's not idiocy. It's malice and it's lobbied hard transnationally. It's coming to the EU as well: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-age-ver

It's not idiocy. It's malice and it's lobbied hard transnationally. It's coming to the EU as well: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-age-verification https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-age-ver... People who complained about political speech being too scary to tolerate (see the typical discourse around Republicans on sites like these) have been pushing for this all along.