There are privacy preserving biometrics, as well as ways to determine age without breaching privacy or requiring identity, but you’re right none of the big platforms are using those methods.
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Poayjay@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Age verification is ID verification. By requiring ID site owners effectively have a monopoly on the bot armies infesting reddit, YouTube, Facebook, etc. These armies aren’t going away. They are just getting smarter and more influential with AI.
Everyone is focusing on the privacy aspect and glossing over the fact that these laws give Silicon Valley complete control over online discourse. They’ll know who exactly who you are and how best to manipulate you with their bots.
noredcandy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
sleen@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
So even with those methods do you think they will use the age checking ethically? This isn’t a problem with privacy, but also with discrimination. Ageism is what’s going to occur.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m more concerned they’ll be turning you over to the gestapo for anything you say online that goes against the administration that they helped elect and are now helping to keep in power.