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It seems like we don't need a technical solution for this and making one would be dystopian as you point out. Why not just (a) make it illegal so the parents a
by dmwilcox 2y ago
It seems like we don't need a technical solution for this and making one would be dystopian as you point out.
Why not just (a) make it illegal so the parents and tech companies see it that way and (b) put some fines on the responsible adult parties if violations are found?
Sure enforcement would be spotty and loose, but tickets for parents and fines for tech companies would go a long way to establish the cultural change without the need for "verification"
- djtango 2y agoYeah - exactly. If companies are motivated and parents are motivated to prevent it and schools have the cover to also police it, then social media usage probably won't hit critical mass for kids and they won't feel FOMO to get it. "it's illegal" is usually a decent enough hard stop to most kids for "why can't I have it" Should just age-restrict smartphones altogether imo lol. Entire generations survived without mobile phones and it would remove entire issues around addictive mobile games, social media abuse, attention/focus issues
- johnisgood 2y agoI would not know English nor how to code were it for age-restricted access to computers.
- Baljhin 2y agoYes you would: you'ld learn <pick-a-language> just like people have for centuries - in school, and you'ld learn how to code just like millions have for decades - in school or library computer rooms, or with an age-restricted computer that your family would provide.
- victorbjorklund 2y agowhat prison time should a 15 year old get if they sign up to Instagram claiming to be 16?
- itishappy 2y agoHow about a small fine and a short ban? Similar to driving underage.
- EraYaN 2y agoIf you put the parent in jail for 6 months and fine the company 1 million per user account, they for sure will start thinking real hard about fixing the problem.
- Mordisquitos 2y agoSimilar prison time to the one that a 17 year-old faces for buying alcohol by claiming to be 18.
- clown_strike 2y ago1 year of community service.
- Mindwipe 2y ago> Sure enforcement would be spotty and loose, but tickets for parents and fines for tech companies would go a long way to establish the cultural change without the need for "verification" A company can't work like that - the tech company will need to do it's upmost to avoid the fines, and so will implement verification that is both unsafe, incredibly invasive, discriminatory but crucially has an audit trail, and it's insane to suggest they would do anything else.