Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all?

Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all? This is particularly a problem when users are required to prove their age with identity documents.

  • tengkuizdihar@programming.devEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    The argument against them is that, I dont want my kids to live in a world where surveillance is everywhere, the internet ain’t libre, and safeguard is a replacement for morality and etiquette.