Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.
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Not to mention none of this will actually protect children. When I was 14 I told an adult online about my life and they helped me make it through some rougher periods until I got to 18. I know the internet is highly imperfect but I think gate keeping kids out of it will just lead to more underground abuse and abuse that they don’t find was abuse until they are adults.
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Exactly, they don’t view children as people, they view them as objects and extensions of their parents/guardians.
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