EU Launches New Push for Digital ID Age Checks
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Compulsory age checks mark a quiet but seismic move toward digital identity becoming the price of admission online.
  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    2 months ago

    Just fine parents for their incompetence at keeping their children off specific platforms before a certain age.

    There’s no need to destroy the privacy of normal people because parents are bad at parenting.

    • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org
      4·
      2 months ago

      It doesn’t have to destroy anyones privacy to verify age via ID. If properly implemented, the service in question only gets: yes, 18+ or no, not 18+.

      • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I think in the Netherlands there’s already a system in place that can make it so it’s anonymous yes. But even though Pornhub will not know my name, the government would still be able to see that I verified my age at Pornhub.