> They aren't.
Nearly 70% of Americans support tougher laws restricting children’s access to adult content online—up from 65% in 2013.
Six in ten young men (ages 18–29) support stricter online restrictions for adult content, a shift from an even split in 2013
You gotta get out of your bubble
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/young-men-b...
"In the 2000s, AEI was the most prominent think tank associated with American neoconservatism.[5] Irving Kristol, widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of neoconservatism, was a senior fellow at AEI and the AEI issues an 'Irving Kristol Award' in his honour.[58][59] Paul Ryan has described the AEI as "one of the beachheads of the modern conservative movement"
If there's independent studies great, especially world wide (the US can be a bit insular), but as someone in the UK I dont see anything but disdain for ID checking age-gating.
Even other political parties are saying they'll roll it back if they get in power, which if they're betting the farm on that policy, must have considerable public influence.