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UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I kind of agree with the idea but it's absolutely not enforceable in any practical way. What we need is more awareness and parental control, but other than that, I'm not sure what else could be done that wouldn't screw everyone over. (Like identity and age control, which would be an absolute nightmare)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I actually disagree that identity control is required. We already have in place the post office EasyID (Yoti) system and we already have PASS cards. It isn’t hard to imagine extending that system and simply saying “if you’re allowing an account from the U.K., you must verify the age using this third party system”. Agreeing that someone is over 16 and knowing everything about them is two very different things.

    It’s only hard to imagine it because we’ve never tried.

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