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Roblox requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie for age verification [U: Global] (9to5mac.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Age verification is already dystopian, but why do kids need to verify their age??? Wouldn't the logical assumption be that if you can't verify as an adult, that they would be underage and therefore be chat limited? What purpose is there to having photo verification that someone is a child? I figured it was a poorly written headline, but the article does seem to suggest they are pointlessly collecting data on children with no explanation.

Also don't appreciate this article acting like corporate monopolies should be more trusted with the surveillance state. It's crazy seeing all news sites manufacturing consent for this shit so openly.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I might be dumb but doesn’t your idea just lets predators pretend to be children?

    If I can’t prove I’m an adult then I must be a child. Now I get to talk to children and groom them. I’m not saying this is the best course of action but I also don’t know how best to cut down on predators on kids games.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Usually how these verification systems work is; if you cant verify, you don't get to chat. Its supposed to lock out children from communicating with strangers online. There is no reason to verify children if the only people allowed to talk are verified adults.

    I don't know what clown shoes system Roblox has decided to go with. Again, the article doesn't seem to specify why they are collecting children data. If the idea is to age gate chat between player demographics, so that kids can talk to other kids... that seems like a wasted effort. Children are quite capable of abusing each other without any adults around. Age verification is not an alternative to moderation.

    And that's without getting into "AI age verification is easily fooled"; kids and predators alike are going to get around the system if they bother looking into how to do so. Just as all the generations before them were constantly circumventing lazy tech solutions for blocking content when children are involved.

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