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Australian here, the under 16 ban was put in place early this year and I haven't ID verified for anything.

• piker 5mo ago
  I'm not sure that will bring a lot of relief to the concerned side as it implies you are being fingerprinted by all the websites that are subject to this verification rule.
  • dijksterhuis 5mo ago
    were you under some sort of impression that ad-tech surveillance platforms (“social media”) weren’t already fingerprinting the majority of their users? like, the facebook pixel used to track you across the entire internet (or damn near close enough to it). and that was 10-ish years ago. they’ve been doing this for a while now.
  • Gigachad 5mo ago
    Of course, the social media sites were already fingerprinting you and guessing your age, gender, interests, etc for advertising.
    • spwa4 5mo ago
      So that's considered acceptable? Seriously? I mean the government can't seriously argue that Facebook or Twitter aren't going to be deceptive about this?
• tsukikage 5mo ago
  …so, have kids actually stopped watching Youtube?
  • Gigachad 5mo ago
    Watching youtube wasn't banned. They just got banned from having an account and participating in the social features of youtube. As for how effective the ban was on getting kids off social media in general, I think it's a long process that doesn't entirely sit on this change. Banning phones in schools has been a much faster more radical improvement. It's going to take a lot more work to defeat the tech giants but I'm glad we are trying.
    • tsukikage 5mo ago
      ...ah. So, kids can doomscroll youtube shorts all they want, but they can't use a premium account that lets them avoid adverts. Does that... help?