cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49729865
However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.
We’ve seen all kinds of legislation pushed through in the past, often even against major resistance.
What makes me suspicious this time is the speed at which some of the slowest bureaucracies in the world are adopting it and how it’s happening in 20+ countries in parallel.
It’s like they’re all in a group chat, fast-tracking this before resistance can even form.
I like the idea, but question how to enforce without severe privacy invasion.
The severe privacy invasion is literally the entire point
if they really cared about people’s mental health, they would legislate against the companies purposefully building their apps to be addictive. legislaton like this is just another step towards forced identification on the internet.
The privacy invasion is the point, they don’t give a shit about children