Comment on Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled
IratePirate@feddit.org 1 week agoThe problem is: you’re assuming they’re arguing in good faith when they say it’s about pRoTeCtInG tHe ChIlDrEn. It’s not. It’s a pretext for the data grab and mass surveillance of everyone. They will gladly take your argument, claim age verification is compatible with privacy and anonymity, and then introduce age verification systems that do implement mass surveillance. Don’t give them an inch.
Kraiden@piefed.social 1 week ago
No I’m not! I’m in 100% agreement with you that this has nothing to do with protecting children! Age verification, if done properly, is a good idea, that I’m completely for. But you’re right, this isn’t that. This is a smokescreen.
I just want to be sure that people understand that they ARE using a good idea as their cover here. It CAN be compatible with privacy and anonymity, and it is a good idea to stop young children engaging with the cess pit that is modern social media.
At some point, I sincerely hope that the current regime will end and be replaced by something more sane. At that point, I don’t want people to immediately think “age verification = bad”