You cannot regulate peer pressure, even with the complete ban you would still ha...

ethbr1 · 2026-09-02T03:52:30

There's always going to be 'the actual Internet' accessible by kids, as in non-corporate, non-walled gardens social forums. Chans, IRC, etc.

What this effectively does is disadvantage large corporate social media companies to the benefit of smaller, more decentralized alternatives.

To which the anarchist in me says: fuck yes.

spwa4 · 2026-09-02T06:47:04

> You cannot regulate ...

This has never stopped anyone. For example, Climate change legislation makes little sense unless implemented worldwide. War crime or anti-terror legislation doesn't really make sense unless it's implemented across borders (and pretending doesn't count. Nobody's even talking about arresting Putin, or anyone else for that matter). Taxation ...