Australia’s first-of-its-kind legislation that restricts young people from using popular social media sites came into effect Wednesday, and other countries are considering following suit, but an expert says a similar blanket ban for youth isn’t likely to work in Canada.
I’m not handing over my ID and info to whatever data collection company simply because I want to potentially view something on social media.
You believe sites just magically know who’s under 16 or not? because if you do I got some ocean front property in Kansas to sell you.
It’s not magic, it’s very simple, and it’s what Pornhub et al keep calling for: device based verification.
You do it once when you set up your OS / OS Account, and then your device can anonymously tell websites whether you are are old enough or young enough without sharing any other info.
And if it’s happening at the device level, that means that credentials and actual paper IDs arent even required, you just need a system that lets parents lock down a child device to only use their account, and set that up with their age for them (or have one of their teachers do it).