Slightly bothered that it seems like the article is conflating an app/website choosing to implement some form of verification vs a law requiring it. I think th

Slightly bothered that it seems like the article is conflating an app/website choosing to implement some form of verification vs a law requiring it. I think that if a website or app wants to make this choice, they should be allowed too. Obviously we should expect that they have proper security, and we should make the choice on if we want to take that risk. But I think it is a perfectly valid choice by the developer, and users can choose whether or not they think it is worth it or use a competitor that doesn't (or a competitor is created that doesn't). But the issue of laws requiring it I think is where things have gone too far. So much of this is being framed as "protect the children" but most of it really seems to be fueled from a puritanical "porn is bad" and needing to make it harder to get access too for adults. I really wish we could move past this as a society, stop vilifying it, being ashamed of sex, etc. And likely throw in some tracking of what people are doing online since now you no longer have the anonymity. Edit: If you really truly are trying to "protect the children"... Maybe educate them instead of hiding things from them.