Comment by thomastjeffery

Even more significant than the means are the ends. Why does my government get to decide what is appropriate for children?

This sounds a lot like what governance is supposed to be, but there is a critical difference. It's one thing for our society to agree generally on categories that are inappropriate for children, to encode those into law, and to enforce those laws. The difference is, enforce to whom?

Children are victims, not perpetrators. Age verification restates a child's role as perpetrator. This is the premise that I find unacceptable.