• @Magister
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    1531 month ago

    teen go to website

    please enter your birthdate

    1/1/2000

    welcome!

    • @[email protected]
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      1 month ago

      Lawyer sues tech company

      But we asked for the birthday

      Lawyer points to law text

      Company fined

      • @Grimy
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        431 month ago

        I don’t see many options between asking for a birthdate and asking for ID for this problem. I don’t see any way that this can be enforced that isn’t problematic.

        • @General_Effort
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          91 month ago

          Facebook/Meta has developed software to estimate the age from a video.

          I don’t see any way that this can be enforced that isn’t problematic.

          Comes with the territory. The point is to control who has access to what information so that they don’t get wrong ideas.

          • Dr. Moose
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            201 month ago

            if you think AI software will be able to differentiate between a 15 year old and 16 year old then I have this cool bridge in Brooklyn that you might be interested in.

            This is delusional to the point where it feels like we’re literally devolving.

          • @[email protected]
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            111 month ago

            Trusting your face to Facebook is just as terrifying, thanks.

            (Plus I have concerns as someone who still looks teenage in her 20s)

        • @JeremyHuntQW12
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          41 month ago

          I don’t see many options between asking for a birthdate and asking for ID for this problem. I don’t see any way that this can be enforced that isn’t problematic.

          The senate inquiry outlined the two likely solutions :

          1. Uploading ID to the website.

          2. 3D face scanning. This will include continual monitoring so if another person comes into view they will have to face scan in. Remember, its prohibited for chidren to even watch prohibited content with their parents.

          • @copd
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            61 month ago

            How can it possibly be legal to 3D face scan a child, especially if it needs to be authenticated by a remote server somewhere.

            I can only ever see option 1 working

        • @Wooki
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          A large part of this will help maintain liability for harm to young people. How ages is verified is irrelevant

          • @[email protected]
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            31 month ago

            How ages are verified are irrelevant? Until a whole collection of faces or government IDs inevitably leaks!

            • @Wooki
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              11 month ago

              Are you over 16: Yes/No.

              That wasnt difficult.

                • @Wooki
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                  1 month ago

                  They have no specified otherwise so its a case of why would they waste money doing otherwise.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    11 month ago

                    To avoid said potential liability? Or because the law would include actual enforcement, like it was proposed at least in some places?

        • @Clanket
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          -21 month ago

          Problematic for who, the tech companies? They’re practically printing money. Let them spend it on actual solutions to issues that are causing problems for the World.

          • @Grimy
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            81 month ago

            It forces them to implement solutions that make having anonymous accounts impossible.

          • Dr. Moose
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            21 month ago

            it’s not a problem that can be solved by tech.

          • Dragon Rider (drag)
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            11 month ago

            Problematic for the children who are having their rights taken away. This change bans children from connecting with their friends in other countries, other states, and even other cities.

            Even something as simple as hopping in a voice call with your squad to play Deep Rock Galactic is now illegal for 15 year olds. That’s ridiculous. The fact that they can break the law is great, but they shouldn’t have to break the law in order to do something so harmless.

            What about using Zoom to speak to a doctor or therapist? What about contacting queer support resources through social media? What about using a text based suicide hotline? According to the law, that’s social media.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      I’m well old enough to satisfy these checks and I also do this. If I’m feeling productive, I’ll pick a random date.