Unrelated to algorithms but I opened Roblox yesterday after not playing for a long while and I found that they’ll give you a ‘free item’ if you do an age check

Disgusting, coercive bullshit just so kids can give their biometric data to American companies. Funny how the eSafety Commission managed to completely forget about the privacy rights of children, let alone those of adults, just so they can rush through their age verification legislation like the world depended on it.

I am SO uncomfortable with the idea of handing images of my id over.

Exactly. I do believe that the algorithm does more damage than anything that age verification will address and it impacts all of us.

Age verification took away the need to regulate it so it's safe for kids. Now it's not safe for anyone.

Remember when people would post event flyers to facebook and everyone subscribed to the group would see it?

Now it's like trying to withdrawal your pay from a poker machine instead of an ATM.