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Are they going to conduct an uncontrolled human experiment by requiring age checks to use the Internet (read: surveillance capitalism and Orwellian lack of priv
by hiprob 8mo ago
Are they going to conduct an uncontrolled human experiment by requiring age checks to use the Internet (read: surveillance capitalism and Orwellian lack of privacy)?
- robbbbbbbbbbbb 8mo agoNo, they’ll probably just follow Australia’s lead[1] of: default allow; algorithmic age estimation; account suspend; ID to unblock. Chill. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyp9d3ddqyo.amp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyp9d3ddqyo.amp
- sunaookami 8mo agoSo yes, you will need to show your ID which will connect to your account and obviously be used to surveil everything you post online. People on HN of all places need to stop being so naive.
- robbbbbbbbbbbb 8mo agoIf your theory is that this global push by legislators to introduce age restrictions is actually a secret Trojan horse to harvest government IDs orchestrated by the platform owning capitalists…how do you account for the fact said capitalists have been desperately lobbying against it for years?
- hiprob 8mo agoIf it's as flaky as YouTube's age estimation, it's just ID by default.
- weberer 8mo agoI think Surveillance Globalism would be a more apt description. Which is a hundred times scarier since its coming from the government, multiple governments around the world simultaneously, and its about control rather than making money off you.