This has all the same issues of the anti-porn bills; This requires adults to show ID to access online speech. Everyone has to prove they're not a kid, not just the kids. If it didn't work like that, you wouldn't need this "fix" in the first place.
I want the government involved as little as possible in the internet. The (still relatively free, but nowhere near as free as it was/should be) internet is one of the few advantages we have over the government, which is why they hate it so much. This whole "think of the kids" thing is manipulative bullshit, that sadly many people are buying.
It's a parent's responsibility to control their kid's access to information, not the government's, and not the government via forcing themselves on various internet entities. This is a road to disaster. The internet has to remain free if we're to have any hope of a peaceful solution. The more the government intervenes in the internet, for whatever reason, the less likely a peaceful outcome becomes.
Internet ID is a terrible idea, and one we'd criticize in any other context. Even requiring phone verification is invasive bullshit.
What were we told by proponents of age/ID verification? "It'll only be for pornography, it won't spread beyond that, stop being hyperbolic and scaremongering". Anyone who said this would be a slippery slope and engage in mission creep was proven right.
It will get worse. The UK is proposing not just Government photo ID but also live (ongoing) facial recognition to verify that someone accessing something not "safe for kids" is of age. That will be implemented next year. Their rationale is that they need to verify that someone physically at a device is who they say they are based on their photo ID.
They didn't think this through, did they? Not that I am surprised by politicians anymore but this is probably one of the most moronic things. Sites will just block the UK. People who do want the pron will find it with a vpn and the whole thing will probably be added onto other stuff not pron related. Ironic that the country that brought forth George Orwell now does exactly the things he wanted about.
The Labour Party wanted to put forth an amendment to ban VPNs for the then Online Safety Bill. It failed but Labour could be in power this year with a majority so it would be trivial to bring in a new bill to ban them.
I fear VPNs are on borrowed time. AirVPN recently blocked Italian residents from service because of the new Piracy Shield.
I agree, I’m a bit torn because I know, as do many others, that social media is poisoning the youth. Unfortunately this is just a symptom and not the actual disease, and the ship has sailed on regulating social media unless you want the government to lock you up for posting on here
If school can take kids out of class for using social media because it's against the law then that's ok; the schools already know the kid's identity and age. The big problem is them using it in school anyway.
This has all the same issues of the anti-porn bills; This requires adults to show ID to access online speech. Everyone has to prove they're not a kid, not just the kids. If it didn't work like that, you wouldn't need this "fix" in the first place.
I want the government involved as little as possible in the internet. The (still relatively free, but nowhere near as free as it was/should be) internet is one of the few advantages we have over the government, which is why they hate it so much. This whole "think of the kids" thing is manipulative bullshit, that sadly many people are buying.
It's a parent's responsibility to control their kid's access to information, not the government's, and not the government via forcing themselves on various internet entities. This is a road to disaster. The internet has to remain free if we're to have any hope of a peaceful solution. The more the government intervenes in the internet, for whatever reason, the less likely a peaceful outcome becomes.
Internet ID is a terrible idea, and one we'd criticize in any other context. Even requiring phone verification is invasive bullshit.
What were we told by proponents of age/ID verification? "It'll only be for pornography, it won't spread beyond that, stop being hyperbolic and scaremongering". Anyone who said this would be a slippery slope and engage in mission creep was proven right.
It will get worse. The UK is proposing not just Government photo ID but also live (ongoing) facial recognition to verify that someone accessing something not "safe for kids" is of age. That will be implemented next year. Their rationale is that they need to verify that someone physically at a device is who they say they are based on their photo ID.
They didn't think this through, did they? Not that I am surprised by politicians anymore but this is probably one of the most moronic things. Sites will just block the UK. People who do want the pron will find it with a vpn and the whole thing will probably be added onto other stuff not pron related. Ironic that the country that brought forth George Orwell now does exactly the things he wanted about.
The Labour Party wanted to put forth an amendment to ban VPNs for the then Online Safety Bill. It failed but Labour could be in power this year with a majority so it would be trivial to bring in a new bill to ban them.
I fear VPNs are on borrowed time. AirVPN recently blocked Italian residents from service because of the new Piracy Shield.
I agree, I’m a bit torn because I know, as do many others, that social media is poisoning the youth. Unfortunately this is just a symptom and not the actual disease, and the ship has sailed on regulating social media unless you want the government to lock you up for posting on here
Depends on who is enforcing the law.
If school can take kids out of class for using social media because it's against the law then that's ok; the schools already know the kid's identity and age. The big problem is them using it in school anyway.