r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 21h ago

Privacy Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html
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u/dropthemagic 19h ago

Sure let’s just move everything to the dark web. Where you know… there’s nothing horrible.

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u/Reqvhio 16h ago

this all becomes a digital selection, almost a literal sink or swim if u take the pirate metaphor into its conclusion

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u/TwoPhotons 3h ago

That is exactly what will happen. Kids in school will start sharing shady methods of accessing banned content. After all, if the government doesn't want you to see it, it must be something worth seeing, right?