Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media

cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And most importantly: How would they enforce that? Kids have been lying about their ages since the dawn of internet.

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  • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think they really need to.

    Laws are often just an acknowledgement of a society’s expectation.

    “We’ve all decided that kids under 15 using social isn’t great.”

    The fact that this law exists makes it infinitely b easier for parents to establish and maintain rules in their household, because peer pressure is minimised.

    Yes, some kids will still use social before they’re 15. Perhaps most kids. However, I think harmfully excessive use will be minimised.

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    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Porn sites have age limits, we know this doesn’t mean shit. No middleschooler gets condemned for watching porn.

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  • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The enforcing part is where this is likely to get shitty. Once they establish this as a law they maybe will try and sue companies that don’t provide an age check on their websites. Now if that is possible I am not sure, seeing as many of those are having HQs in Ireland or Netherlands due to tax reasons.

    But if that is successful it would mean they actually have to check everyone’s age by some means, which means collecting IDs. Which definitely is bad news for users, we all know that data won’t be securely stored or deleted.

    Not sure how else this could go down.

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  • fatalicus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Would probably require the sites to use Bank ID during signups from Norway.

    Bank ID is a national system for confirming identity.

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    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sounds dystopian as fuck. Also, they can just pretend they’re not from Norway.

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      • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Now Meta not only knows your name and where you live and your darkest secrets but your legal ID too — fun!

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And this is the problem with any age verification online… there’s always some lurking privacy invasion. It’s for your own good.

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  • Oaksey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Since Leisure Suit Larry at least. ;) Since alcohol sales were restricted to adults? Since… ?

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  • cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know I have been surfing the hub ever since I was 13

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    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just like everyone on the internet.

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• jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah I want to know if YouTube and any website with comments (eg all news sites) are social media

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  • ravhall@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It will just be the ones they don’t get kickbacks from.

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  • cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What about Ecommerse site where you can interact with other buyers, talk to the seller and reply to people’s reviews? Isnt that a social media?

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    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, that’s quite obviously not social media.

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• Urist@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably networks where users post personal data in conjunction with chat features. Obviously Wikipedia is not social media in this regard and neither is a mailing list.

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