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> Kids need some sort of protection online.

Beyond the obvious response about parenting: do they?

There was absolutely no restriction on the web when millenials were growing up, and we didn't become a generation of degenerates.

I'd like to see actual proof that there is a need for mass online protection for children.

I mean, just look at the company that made the announcement in the OP.

Their business is creating virtual AI friends, often with sexually suggestive themes.

You can browse through the characters here: https://janitorai.com/

Would you want to let a lonely kid who might already have self confidence issues and problems making real-life friends loose on that site?