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No. Not without upending innumerable precedents, laws, and norms in the US, or optionally, bankrupting it.

• gzread 6mo ago
  But you think they'll do it for over 18 just because they can and it's easy to do?
  • headsman771 6mo ago
    Yes. Because it isn't any of those 3. It's not in contravention of any long standing norm (just since the popularization of the internet), law, or long standing precedent. And because it gives multiple groups extreme power and influence over many things. And because those groups clearly crave that power and influence. The internet is the new public sphere and forum, and it should not be possible except through legal judgement to bar or hinder anyone from accessing it. If necessary, create private gated networks for adult material. Anyway. You're clearly entrenched for some reason, so I won't waste my good faith effort any more.
    • gzread 6mo ago
      Why does screen readers cause those things but age verification doesn't?