As with most things to do with government the idea isn’t necessarily the problem, it’s the fact that their mandating something that isn’t really realistic, simply because they don’t understand how technology works.

The issue is if they are banning people under a certain age from using social media then how do the companies know whether you can access the content or not? So now they ask everyone for ID. And you just know that the contract for verification has gone to the lowest bidder, who will put zero effort into security and they’ll absolutely most certainly will be a data breach.