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jraby3today at 6:31 AM5 repliesview on HN

Why? Isn't your age verified when you renew your drivers license? Purchase something on Amazon?

When I was a kid, child programming and commercials were heavily scrutinized. Now any kid can access porn, violence, and scams on the internet. That's a blight. Not age verification.


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zeroonetwothreetoday at 6:35 AM

I don’t understand, did broadcast TV or cable do age verification? Surely kids could watch content that was for adults very easily.

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tmjwidtoday at 6:57 AM

As a kid, you never found a stack of porno magazines in the woods did you?

oneshteintoday at 6:34 AM

> Now any kid can access porn, violence, and scams on the internet.

Before Internet they used paper.

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kaliqttoday at 7:04 AM

That’s the job of parents. No exceptions. OP is right, it needs to be outlawed.