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Aussie Gov’t: Age Verification Went From ‘Privacy Nightmare’ To Mandatory In A Year
Over the last few years, it’s felt like the age verification debate has gotten progressively stupider. People keep insisting that it must be necessary, and when others point out that there are seri…
Almost exactly a year ago, the Australian government released a report on age verification, noting that the technology was simply a privacy and security nightmare. As we’ve discussed at length (backed up by multiple studies), if anything the relationship may go the other way, with kids who are already dealing with mental health problems resorting to spending more time on social media because of failures by the government to provide resources to help. Of course, it’s only at the very end of the article linked above that the reporters include a few quotes from academics pointing out that age verification could create privacy and security problems, and that such laws could backfire.
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