>

Right, but they also have lobbyists telling them why they should ignore the people trying to educate them about stuff and vote against people's interests.
Ah yes alotof people born in 1904 January 26th is suddenly going to come out of the blue >

Eh, too far to scroll. I now just set 1 Jan 2000 >


2000

Okay, now I'm uncomfortable with my age. >

I was in a liquor store a few months ago… the cashier asked for my ID and exclaimed “oh, 19, you’re good.” I was like “huh?” She goes “born in 19-anything. You’re good. “ 
I walked out feeling a little less comfortable with my age, too. >

19-anything has been "good" for like 5 years now...
Edit- oh your probably american, 3 years then >

They asked his age, so def not european or latin american >

I mean that’s what they’ll say it’s for. Because nobody wants to let kids watch porn obviously. But in practice; 

People who want to visit these websites will have to install an application for government-licensed digital certification on their mobile phones to prove that they are at least 18 years old.

Yeah that’s very different to blocking access to porn for minors. >


People who want to visit these websites

"These websites" will be not only porn websites, but also other websites, falsely flagged as porn.
Legislators don't understand how Internet works.
Also it's easy to circumvent by just installing a TOR Browser. Or any random VPN/proxy. Or using a web proxy.
In Bulgaria we have a filter for copyright-infringing and gambling websites that wrongly block other sites using the same Cloudflare IP address. >

European union countries love to make stupid regulations that almost certainly backfire. Every kid in the country will know how to work a vpn, torrent, tor, and/or proxy by the end of the week. Meanwhile adults consuming legal content will have their data exposed to breaches >

UK tried to do a porn ban of their own a few years back
They only backpedaled because it was pointed out that VPN could get you through easily, so then they tried to ban VPNs
Then every business in the country collectively screamed (because VPNs have business applications as well, even banking) and told them to stop
That was the last we've heard of it since, but it'll probably crop up again in future by some old farts who don't know how the internet works >

It's a real problem that technology has so outpaced government legislation that they have no idea what to do with it. It's a problem on a lot of fronts.
Like what the fuck is some 70 year old senator going to know about anything to do with modern tech? >

Age is no excuse, plenty of old people have kept up with the changing world. >

It shouldn't be an excuse. I personally make sure to keep up with technology because I understand it's importance. But there's plenty of old people who didn't and don't want to understand new things. It's a shame but anyone who has elderly parents that don't know how to fucking work an ipad understands the struggle.
It's a shame, but it is the reality of the situation. >

Congress geezers have employees whose job it is to inform them about important stuff and make sure they understand why it matters.