Comment by kjellsbells

There used to be a phrase in UK politics: "Something Must Be Done", expressing the incredible momentum to be seen to be doing something for noisy constituents...and not worrying too much if it fixes the problem or not.

Technological solutions against humans' sex drives seem to be doomed to failure. For one we're largely talking about teenagers who are infamously horny and tech savvy, but even if we weren't, one glance at the history of MPs utterly failing to keep their trousers on (even when they know the stakes for being discovered arr ludicrously high) would put paid to that idea that people won't do stupid things for their libido.

However...porn does damage young minds. It does move the overton window to dangerous places (witness the rise in nonconsensual sexual choking, for example). Coupled with a generalized incapacity (or sense of hopelessness in the face of 24x7 algorithms?) for parents to keep their kids away from this stuff, what should be done? For Something Must Be Done.