I don't think "if you're raising a child the way most Americans do, you shouldn't have a child" is going to be a productive argument against a more authoritarian internet experience that requires stronger IRL identity authentication of most users. I don't think it'll carry on most countries, including the US.
> You don't get to trade my freedoms for your convenience
Precisely that trade is most of politics and regulation, be it "You have to drive on the right side of the road" or "You can't swear on FCC-licensed airwave broadcast." We took a very liberal stance to the Internet, and much of Western society seems to be reevaluating that stance in this era.
The challenge with the Internet is that accessing it is so ubiquitous that even if a parent wants to keep a child off it, it's pretty impossible. You can get on it at any public library. Certainly we're not banning children from libraries to keep them safe? That's unworkable.
You yourself assert that children will always find a way to access the Internet. The unfortunate conclusion drawn from the strongest form of that assertion is that we must therefore make the Internet they can access child-safe.
(I recognize how this is a non-starter for many. My concern is that failure to engage the argument may leave those for whom it's a non-starter at a severe disadvantage as the opposing view consolidates political power to effect change. I think the result of saying l assuming the status-quo holds is we're going to wake up one day to find half the Internet ID-walled and the other half behind Tor).
> You don't get to trade my freedoms for your convenience
Precisely that trade is most of politics and regulation, be it "You have to drive on the right side of the road" or "You can't swear on FCC-licensed airwave broadcast." We took a very liberal stance to the Internet, and much of Western society seems to be reevaluating that stance in this era.
The challenge with the Internet is that accessing it is so ubiquitous that even if a parent wants to keep a child off it, it's pretty impossible. You can get on it at any public library. Certainly we're not banning children from libraries to keep them safe? That's unworkable.
You yourself assert that children will always find a way to access the Internet. The unfortunate conclusion drawn from the strongest form of that assertion is that we must therefore make the Internet they can access child-safe.
(I recognize how this is a non-starter for many. My concern is that failure to engage the argument may leave those for whom it's a non-starter at a severe disadvantage as the opposing view consolidates political power to effect change. I think the result of saying l assuming the status-quo holds is we're going to wake up one day to find half the Internet ID-walled and the other half behind Tor).