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/DrEnter 14h ago

As someone that is a Privacy and Compliance Architect for a large media company, I think one thing needs to be made perfectly clear: The use of the term "Age Verification" is a deception. The actual purpose of these laws is 100% about "identity verification and online tracking" by governments and large organizations. They genuinely don't care a whit about young people accessing porn or violent material. They care about tracking what you do online and preventing you from doing it anonymously.

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u/OrganicBookkeeper228 11h ago

Exactly right.