Comment by Workaccount2
3 months ago
We have the results of what happens when kids grow up with no actual age verification on the internet or with video games.
Nothing. Nothing happens. Millenials grew up on the internet where ID checks were "Promise you are 18", and what bad has come of it? A generation of murderers and rapists? Please...
> We have the results of what happens when kids grow up with no actual age verification on the internet or with video games.
A mental illness epidemic? [0]
[0] https://www.afterbabel.com/p/the-teen-mental-illness-epidemi...
Amongst gen z, who were more restricted than millenials
> who were more restricted than millenials
I don't think this is true? Generations seem to be getting Internet access at younger and younger ages and the Internet takes up more and more time in our lives with every passing year, and Phones Bad / Social Media Bad seems to be a pretty commonly accepted concept.
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Right but you have to look at this data honestly because we have one and a half generations of people who grew up with an unrestricted, and arguably worse in terms of content, internet. If you're going to point to a cause it had better be something in the set of things that didn't affect millennials or older gen-z, stuff like violent and pornographic content clearly aren't in it.