Re: No encryption until you have provided your identity to prove you are not a child
the modern Internet is dangerous to kids
No, it isn't. Recent reports have completely debunked that claim - in fact, the Internet is, on balance, much more helpful to kids than dangerous. Allowing kids to access important safety information such as information about drugs, sex, diseases, etc, knowing that the research is confidential and no one can find out they have been looking, is a major benefit. As is allowing kids to chat among peers about important topics such as body image, eating disorders, stranger safety, drink and drugs - in all these areas kids value their peers views more than adults.
Banning anonymity and end-to-end encryption is a major attack on kids and on adults.
It is very clear that this (and other similar attacks) are nothing to do with kids safety but are aiming to abuse kids to achieve several things:
1) Banning anonymous speech and debate by requiring everyone to prove they aren't kids.
2) Banning E2EE for everyone so that local, state and national governments can check up on people's private messages to check they are paying the correct taxes, they aren't planning a protest, they aren't cheating on their spouse, find out what their political opponents are planning, etc.
3) Infantising kids to create a generation who know their place and won't cause trouble.