[themafia]

> We age gate other harmful objects: firearms, alcohol, driving, et cetera.

We can easily prove those have harms.

> trouble you can cause with an Internet connection

Why don't we age gate hands? Number one source of human problems right there. Perhaps we should outfit our children like Harrison Bergeron until they reach the age of majority?

[mlrtime]

Hands are part of your body. Pornhub is a commercial website distributing age-restricted content. We already require ID for buying alcohol, cigarettes, and lottery tickets without it being a constitutional crisis. Requiring age verification to access porn isn't a First Amendment issue any more than carding someone at a liquor store is. This comparison makes no sense.

[array_key_first]

Pornhub is always age gated everywhere in the world. Because internet access typically involves you to prove you're an adult.

Just like the liquor store, verification happens at point of sale. Past that, all bets are off.

If I got buy a beer, verify my age, and then go home and give it to a kid, there's nothing anyone can reasonably be expected to do about that. Similarly, if I buy internet access, and then turn around and just give it to my kid, there's nothing anyone can reasonably be expected to do about that.

We don't expect the store clerk to follow you home and watch you drink the beer.

[stackghost]

>Why don't we age gate hands?

Making this sort of reductio ad absurdum doesn't make you seem witty or clever. It just makes you seem pedantic and unable to reason about things like a functioning adult.

[ndsipa_pomu]

I don't think you're adding anything to this discussion with that kind of comment.

The idea of age-gating hands is to demonstrate that overly broad age gating IS ridiculous and the lack of sufficient targetting by Texas is precisely why the judge is throwing it out.

Please try to engage with commenters with a little bit more respect and hopefully better understanding.

[antonvs]

That might be the case if they weren't correct. I notice you didn't actually say anything about what's wrong with the point.

[stackghost]

Do I really need to waste my time explaining why age-gating hands is not feasible, realistic, or even worth considering?

Really?

[antonvs]

You should look up the word "analogy".

Do I really need to waste my time explaining why age-gating the internet is not feasible, realistic, or even worth considering?

Really?

[jswelker]

I thought it was witty and clever.

[Cytobit]

Ad hominem attacks can't be much better.