ASACP/RTA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Sites_Advocatin...
PICS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_for_Internet_Content_...
POWDER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_for_Web_Description_R...
Second, all ISPs could offer in their basic service something like DNS4EU modes, just like they offered email and web space decades ago (optional, nobody was forced to use them).
DNS4EU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS4EU#Public_resolver
Parents would only need to configure the account to "child". Laws could force companies to properly tag their pages and sites. And privacy would be preserved.
Instead we have to keep on fighting the Crypto Wars. The childs are just a decoy, the target is destroying basic rights.
Clipper chip war, eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip#Backlash
Part of me has wondered if there could be a PAC that focuses on pushing for issues that "both sides" can agree on to politicians from both sides. The big thing is it has to be problems both sides agree are problems, and both sides agree on the solutions. The only problem I see is that there's an insane amount of contrarianism from both sides. I have seen both sides of the political aisle flip flop on issues because one side chose one solution this time around.
There are plenty of states including the one I live in where you are required to verify your age to visit porn sites.
If you add up all of the sites that are not hosted in the US and combine them with all of the sites that you can get around the age verification just by using a VPN, would you be surprised if I told you that the total is 100% with most just ignoring the law?