Can IT protect people from their own stupidity?

[KevinM1]

Maybe instead of "black lists", modern browsers should use "white lists", by default; and so, unless the site has been vetted, it should just get blocked?

Terrible idea. That would introduce pay-to-play, which would cripple smaller content providers. "You're not Google, or Facebook, or whatever, so you don't make the white list unless you can prove you're not harmful (and with a fee, naturally)." It's an anti-net neutrality idea, just that the gate keepers are browser vendors instead of ISPs.