My point was more that we're already being conditioned to think that verifying your identity on Social Media shouldn't be seen as a big deal, because in some cases you get a "cool" badge or broader reach out of it, thus leading to less outrage if a broader version of this hit the rest of the U.S. There are people who use social media without the desire to remain anonymous as the entire "social" aspect implies that you're going to be sharing details of your life with others in some way, and if they only wanted to share to close friends they'd make their profiles private? This especially impacts platforms like Instagram and Facebook, Link Aggregators like HN hardly fit into this at all, and any bill that hits the senate floor would likely make their scope incredibly clear to target specific social media platforms where hateful and inappropriate content is usually spread, as the OP Article states: "shielding minors from the harmful effects of social media" .