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EU to propose law curbing social media for children Thursday: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen is due to reveal an age limit for minors to access such platforms. (www.arabnews.com)
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[–] 4 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

It's always interesting to me when I hear people who distrusts governments more than private companies.

Maybe because I'm from Denmark, but it sounds so backwards.

If I were from the US tho, I would think the same. Or like "i'm fucked regardless"

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I don't trust governments that mandate the usage of private American services such as iOS/Google to access the internet

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  • [–] 1 point 16 hours ago (1 child)

    That's a fair point.

    My argument only applied to the age verification in the Danish app, which doesnt share the ID to any server.

    The point is that you get a verification by logging in with another 2FA app, whos only job is to verify with the government server, that you are indeed a Danish citizen with official documentation.

    Then the other app recieves that token that only contains an age group with a true flag. This token is then shared with the private companies.

    As a stand alone solution to age verification that everyone needs to use, this is pretty well thought out.

    If a Linux phone then comes around that everyone would buy, you could do it better, yes.

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