Comment on Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
ard@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
this is backwards. why can’t publishers mark pages as child-friendly and then browsers and operating systems can have a child-friendly mode that parents (or whoever the authoritarians are) can use. Laws can target people misusing the child-friendly mode.
Coil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not about actually protecting children. It’s about data.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
They’re using children as human shields while they attack our human rights.
nickiwest@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is the correct answer. Notice that they have no compunction about punishing parents who secure gender-affirming care for their trans kids, but there has been zero discussion of holding parents responsible for their kids’ internet usage.
Far-right groups in the US have been crying “Big Brother” about everything for years because their whole plan has been to create a surveillance state where to gather information about dissenters. Every accusation is a confession with these people.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The purpose is to protect the mainstream media.