Comment on Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms

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null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Ok, so I also hate the “protect the children” argument, and there are certainly plenty of lazy parents around.

However, if everyone 10 year old at school has a phone and a Facebook account, it’s just so much more difficult for parents who are not lazy to hold the line. Its an extraordinarily difficult situation. You’d make your kid’s a pariah by upholding a basic standard of care.

By prohibiting access for kids you set the basic societal standard. Yes it will be circumvented but you enable parents to uphold appropriate restrictions.

Is it worth it? Probably not. Its not a good thing but as a dad I can see the intention.

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