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3 Apr 2024 Conversations with Tyler Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media
“Fine. The point is, it’s not effortless to walk in. You could get caught. I’m not saying we have to get 100 percent.”
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- 3 Apr 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Sure, but fakes are very easy. Even in my day, fakes were easy. Fine. The point is, it’s not effortless to walk in. You could get caught. I’m not saying we have to get 100 percent. If we can get to 90 percent to 95 percent, I would be thrilled. Right now, we’re at zero. There’s just no obstacle. That’s what I’m saying. If the government were to mandate that Facebook and all these platforms — they have to do age verification but not mandate the way. In Louisiana, they said for porn, you have to show your driver’s license. I don’t agree with that. It shouldn’t be. The government says you have to show a government ID to use — I don’t want that. But they could say to Pornhub, “You have to provide age-gating. We leave it up to you how, but it has to be 90 percent or something reliable.” What I’m imagining is Pornhub and Meta would offer, “Here are five different ways that you could establish your age. Pick one.” What do you think about that? I don’t think it’s going to matter much. I think a lot of —…
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