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Jonathan Haidt is wrong about age-gating the internet

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Social media is bad but an internet ID is worse

Jonathan Haidt is wrong about age-gating the internet Social media is bad but an internet ID is worse Kelsey Piper Jul 13, 2026 186 39 35 Share Most interventions that would restrict social media to adults would also require personal information to prove users’ age. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images) . I grew up substantially on the internet, and while my school made a halfhearted effort to block the bad websites, it was comically easy to evade. This was good for me. I read a lot of blogs and webcomics and fanfiction, formed a lot of half-baked but earnest political opinions, improved as

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