As a kid I used to jailbreak my friends iPods for them. Bypassing identity verification is stupid easy in comparison and I'm sure there are tutorials out there already. The only thing these laws accomplish is collecting more data from people that "don't care" or "don't have anything to hide" so it can be used against them in the future or sold off. Why do you think so many companies are lobbying for this? Calling it "age verification" is disingenuous. It's identity verification and data collection. And the average person will just click "yes" so they can get back to what they were doing.
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Majority of teens also report that social media is now "cool".
"Smoking Minimum Age Pointless" - Teenage Smokers
The point of the ban isn't to keep teenagers from social media. It's to mitigate the incentive for corporations to target our children.
Teenagers still smoke despite restrictions, but at least we don't have MR BEAST repping Camels.
Just as this problem didn't appear overnight, nor will the positive results manifest immediately.
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im shocked
40% is still fantastic progress
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It’s almost as if… and hear me out… it was never about protecting kids in the first place.
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Add it to the miles long list of times that prohibition has failed. You'd think that with all the time they spend coming up with laws, lawmakers would take 10 minutes to look at how well similar laws have done elsewhere.
But that'd require research and real critical thought, which seems to be sorely lacking among those who seek power.
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