A month ago we wrote about Google effectively “pulling up the ladder” on the open internet by embracing age verification mandates as part of a regulatory approach to child safety. As we pointed out…

Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’::A month ago we wrote about Google effectively “pulling up the ladder” on the open internet by embracing age verification mandates as part of a regulatory approach to child safety. As we pointed out at the time, this is bizarre and stupid for a variety of reasons, but also not too surprising. It’s bizarre because…

  • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
    236·
    1 year ago

    I’m happy with age verification. I don’t GAF about whether it’s unconstitutional cos I’m not American and I don’t GAF about the 200 year old opinion of dead revolutionaries

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

      It’s possible to implement parental controls without breaching the users privacy. For example, a website could have a tag saying it’s for adults only and the browser could check this fully on the client side, and parents would just need to press a checkbox in the configuration to use it. Google has enough clout to pull it off through Chrome, the fact they don’t proves that this is not about the children but a justification to collect more private data.