“…like forcing users to upload copies of their government IDs to access an online service.”
“Some states, like Louisiana, have tailored their bills to ban kids from seeing online porn by forcing everyone, including adults, to verify their age before using the site. Google’s proposal does not oppose age verification on porn and gambling sites.”
That’s terrifying. Signing up for Lemmy would require uploading a government ID. I don’t know the solution to this problem, but I’m not confident this proposal is the right one.
Who fucking cares about porn?
But also the anonymous Internet is important.
Also, do you think the proposal will actually have the intended effect? Do you think COPPA has been successful? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children’s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act#Criticisms
Children under the age of 13 absolutely have Facebook accounts. Children of all ages have DEFINITELY seen things that no one should see.
I’m not saying this isn’t a topic worth discussing, but further restrictions is not the right answer.
“think of the children” is always a poor excuse to strip away citizen freedoms. Usually never actually helps them anyways.
I think we need to keep children off the internet but there’s not really a way to do that other than having parents be more responsible. I think public shaming could work wonders in this area
Let their parents do it.
