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> The only solution is to educate our children

That’s correct, it’s been correct for decades, and parents just won’t do it, not the majority at least. Either they want the state to raise their kids for them, or the task is so complicated and costly that they’re not willing to do it.

But the harms continue to happen, and we’re now left at the mercy of tech-illiterate lawmakers.



Schools could teach cybersecurity to all children. Scanning faces and real-life IDs will fail to solve crime on the internet and will only succeed in destroying our privacy.


> Schools could teach cybersecurity to all children

Yes, but is it even possible to make majority of schools use a common curriculum in the US?


Maybe, if online safety education was pushed as hard as these age verification laws.




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