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Pornography, social media, 24/7 news... will all be looked back on in history as having profound negative mental health effects, akin to how we today view smoki

Pornography, social media, 24/7 news... will all be looked back on in history as having profound negative mental health effects, akin to how we today view smoking in the 1950s. There is a mountain of growing evidence that this is verifiably true. The exact means that Utah is using to provide ID check may be for debate, but the concept there should be an age restriction, liable to the ISP or the content provider, should not be in dispute.

voltaireodactyl 3y ago
What alternative means do you see as having the potential to be effective? Is there a version that does not require unmasking everyone just to identify the children?
shrimpx 3y ago
How much liability should go to parents? There are myriad tools on the market for blocking porn on devices.
Aerbil313 3y ago
Exactly, see https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/ https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/
- int_19h 3y ago
  The guy behind this website is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wilson_(author) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wilson_(author)
  - pnt12 3y ago
    Thanks for the link. It's surprising how much credit is given to a charlatan, even in hacker news.
    - loeg 3y ago
      It's one guy spamming the same link over and over.
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