This is so lame, it seems like a small number of pedophiles have forced us to deal with all this age verification stuff.

Porn has always been around (national geographic, anyone), and parents can use screen time to limit access for their children if they want.

Current policy is victim-blaming: it excludes from social media potential victims (children) but allows perpetrators (convicted csam users).

But this was always about governments wanting to know who's posting what (and controlling them, through chilling effect); not about saving 'the children'.

i never read a nat geo where a young girls innocence gets destroyed in 4k ultra hd , either way based on the behaviour of our ruling class it seems likely that the pedophiles are the ones instituting these laws