Comment on France Moves to Classify X as an Adult Site Amid Digital ID Crackdown
thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 3 days agoThose against website age verification argue that content blocking should happen at the OS level. For example, a parent could enable the built-in “child mode” on their child’s smartphone or computer. As I understand it, that would be more effective, graceful, cheaper, free speechy, and private. To a degree, tech savvy parents (and people who block ads and other content) already do similar things with third party tools - i.e. it’s feasible.
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Sure if that was all they had in mind. This is also about collecting info and controlling what people can do, the content is just an excuse as a means of doing so.
thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 3 days ago
Well, yes, there is that.