Perhaps the most perverse consequence of age verification laws: many require advertising the age bracket of the user to the open web.
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Perhaps the most perverse consequence of age verification laws: many require advertising the age bracket of the user to the open web. Children will be known to be children even to those that would exploit that information without regard for any other "safety" law.
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Perhaps the most perverse consequence of age verification laws: many require advertising the age bracket of the user to the open web. Children will be known to be children even to those that would exploit that information without regard for any other "safety" law.
@carlrichell I think that touches on the core issue in my opinion, even if we assume that everything is with good intention and that the implementation is good, there's not point in confirming age without auditing the ENTIRE internet to see if they are actually restricting their content or access all together based on it. The big tech social networks might be under scrutiny, but some random website could ignore this law forever and take advantage of the fact they can confirm the age of the user.
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@carlrichell I think that touches on the core issue in my opinion, even if we assume that everything is with good intention and that the implementation is good, there's not point in confirming age without auditing the ENTIRE internet to see if they are actually restricting their content or access all together based on it. The big tech social networks might be under scrutiny, but some random website could ignore this law forever and take advantage of the fact they can confirm the age of the user.
@ojonnysilva yes, anonymity can also provide protection.
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Perhaps the most perverse consequence of age verification laws: many require advertising the age bracket of the user to the open web. Children will be known to be children even to those that would exploit that information without regard for any other "safety" law.
@carlrichell whilst I agree with this whole heartedly the one small area that I believe age verification may be helpful in society is in social media, it's clear that unfettered access to it has poisoned young minds and I see it daily in the youth I work with. In EVERY other area, age verification is useless and harmful. To which, the only real solution is for parents to make the correct effort to restrict that access.
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Perhaps the most perverse consequence of age verification laws: many require advertising the age bracket of the user to the open web. Children will be known to be children even to those that would exploit that information without regard for any other "safety" law.
@carlrichell It was never about the children. The same time we are fighting a war against an oppressive authoritarian regime we in the West, are building one.
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