The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
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Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about private and encrypted communications. While supporters continue to claim this bill protects minors online, its requirements come at the expense of privacy, free expression, and the ability of people of all ages to use the internet without revealing sensitive data.
  • kurmudgeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    4 days ago

    It’s not going to work. Kids are smarter than congressmen. It’s so easy for them to find a workaround, they’ll be online within minutes. Just ask Australia how theirs is going.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      28·
      4 days ago

      They don’t care because that isn’t anywhere near the actual goal or point. The point is to continue moving the needle for what is considered “the norm” to remove one of the few places left where you can be anonymous/untraceable.

      It’s part of a much broader push to get real identity somehow inseparably merged with our tech, so everything you do can be traced back to your real life identity because it’s all connected to it by default.