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Comment by Robotbeat | Hacker News Reader

This would effectively ban minors from the Internet. And many walled gardens.

EDIT: There’s a case to be made for it! The Internet, especially social media, is as powerful as illicit drugs and probably impacts development. But IMHO, this should be up to parents to decide, and I think the lawmakers probably have no clue the extent of this kind of rule would be.

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It's a little ironic to argue the utility of banning something by comparing it to another thing which is already entirely prohibited but completely widespread throughout all of society anyway.

I don’t agree with the idea of banning kids from the internet. But I understand and even empathize with those who are tempted by the idea. Like going to live with the Amish.

Isn’t that how banning things people want tends to go?

It would force minors back into the time-honored habit of lying about their age, inadvertently leading them to learn some rudimentary opsec.

I'm all for banning minors from internet if that means we can get rid off content gates in general...

Or maybe we should built them some sort of walled gardens. Only allow ISPs to link to certain sites.

I don't think it would ban minors from the Internet.

I actually tend to avoid the types of services proscribed by this proposal myself! There's still plenty of Internet left for me.

This won’t ban minors from the Internet, it will go a long way to helping avoid bad habits like catching up on social media turning into a three hour binge.

> effectively ban minors from the Internet.

Oh no! Anyway...

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