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On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states (lists.ubuntu.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

Yeah countries and states are relatively happy with the non-privacy systems as they "work".

My principle problem is I cannot see this system "working" to the satisfaction of the seemingly incessant voices who don't want a child to see something that they shouldn't, where "something" is nebulous and seems to change with who you ask and at regular intervals.

I'm probably very jaded - I'd love to be proven wrong and this system works as a least worst option, but I'm in the UK and we recently seem hell bent on choosing the worst option offered.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    My condolences - I'm in the UK as well and wouldn't wish that on anyone.

    If I may offer an alternate perspective: Politicians don't actually care about any of this, they just want votes. California's system allows them to say "Look, we solved child safety!" without having to deal with people complaining about privacy. If there's an existing system in place, it's easier for politicians to say "we already solved this!" and ignore those voices.

    It also puts the guilt on parents. If this system in place, and you complain about your child seeing tiddy online, the question is going to be "why didn't you set the age correctly then?".

    ... Of course this might be me just being optimistic. I really hope we, as a species, grow out of this new age puritanism and government overreach.

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