Just give the parents the tools to do this(which there already are) rather than taking everyone's privacy away and monitoring them all the time but sadly that seems to be the point. Orwell would be horrified.
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2025
37 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
4663 readers
377 users here now
Which posts fit here?
Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.
Post guidelines
[Opinion] prefix
Opinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.
Rules
1. English only
Title and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original link
Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communication
All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. Inclusivity
Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacks
Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangents
Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may apply
If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.
Companion communities
!globalnews@lemmy.zip
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip
Icon attribution | Banner attribution
If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
In effect this is a forced ID law
This all sounds great. I wasn’t able to figure out how they plan to enforce it though.
I want to believe that the list of things they outline can be enforced by just killing them entirely but I know that is a pipe dream; does that mean even more privacy destroying age verification systems?
Yes, fight the symptoms by invading everybody's privacy instead of educating people and legislating against Facebook, reddit, and others.
This is the Christian way: the system isn't the problem, you are the problem. Addicted to drugs? Weak willed! Fat? Weak willed! Sick? God's plan, deal with it! Uneducated? WeAkWiLlEd!
Will this apply to fedivese as well?
MEPs insist that age assurance systems must be accurate and preserve minors’ privacy
The EU, where War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength and Surveillance is Privacy.