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What’s your most controversial opinion? (piefed.ca)
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[–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

I support it as well. In my country we already have ID verification that goes through banks. I can log into my healthcare system etc. by it.

Just branch out a service to social media sites that answers only one question: Is this person over 18? Yes/No.

They don't need anything else. By extension, this also answers the question if someone is a real person. Which is another thing I think we need on social media. Yes, maintain public anonymity but there needs to be some verification that they are a real person.

(Also, Spokeo got nothing on me, wohoo)

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    It certainly can work in a country where the government doesn't regularly use identification maliciously. The US for example does have a long history of spying and acting against their own citizenry and in that setting it is really hard to come up with a system where people aren't being tracked by the requesting party or the age verification party for the government to spy on everyone.

    Glad it works where you live.

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