By David Young ( May 28, 2026, 9:56 AM EDT) -- Recent events such as the Tumbler Ridge shootings have brought to a head the issue of protecting children and youth online. However, the landscape for online harms protection for young people is at a crossroad. Increasing concerns are militating toward adoption of mandated age-control rules in online harms laws and social media bans. Yet in their current state of development, the methodologies for such controls present significant privacy and other societal risks, not only for young people, but potentially all internet users....