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>>mmaria+(OP)
Every day preteen boys around the world are destroying their premature brains by watching stuff that should be 18+ by simply clicking a single button that says "I am over 18". They form lifelong addictions that stunt their emotional and developmental growth at the click of one button. Many of these kids are never the same after their innocence is stripped.

You can blame the parents for allowing them unfettered access to the internet, but their classmates will show them something while they're hanging out after school or waiting for the bus. This doesn't even include the softer stuff that gets _recommended_ to them every day on tiktok and instagram reels - actively pushing them towards more explicit content.

I don't necessarily agree with the politicians here and I do believe there are ulterior motives at play such as information gathering for blackmail on adults, etc.

What is the solution here? I don't think there is one that satisfies everybody.

>>faxmey+hP4
These sites implementing this could also implement a DNS TXT record or similar saying they are over 18s only (gambling sites would be included here too, and with a little thought you can categorise the sites).

They could publish their IP addresses so that the traffic can be blackholed at the router by the account holder.

The choice would then be down to the person paying the bill whether to block or not.

It won't apply to shady sites, but those sites won't do age verification anyway.

The problem is nobody wants the account holder to have the power.