There should be age walls for some stuff. What that stuff is and how the walls work is up for debate.
In this situation (a store) using a payment method as the age wall works well. In other use cases it would not be as good.
IMO: the new law is overreaching, they needed to set up privacy protecting ID verification system first if they were going to go that far. It’s an own goal so far…
I disagree with that. Privacy is not the only reason to be against agewalls, though in its current form, it is a big one. Agewalls are inherently discriminatory, and there is no reason children should not see sexual, mental health support, or LGBT+ content online besides puritanism.
Nighed@feddit.uk 4 days ago
There should be age walls for some stuff. What that stuff is and how the walls work is up for debate.
In this situation (a store) using a payment method as the age wall works well. In other use cases it would not be as good.
IMO: the new law is overreaching, they needed to set up privacy protecting ID verification system first if they were going to go that far. It’s an own goal so far…
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I disagree with that. Privacy is not the only reason to be against agewalls, though in its current form, it is a big one. Agewalls are inherently discriminatory, and there is no reason children should not see sexual, mental health support, or LGBT+ content online besides puritanism.