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Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Never trust an article that suggests any of these child safety laws have ever been about protecting children.

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[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 7 points 8 months ago

Exactly. While it was the claimed reason for the laws, everyone with a semi-working brain knew it was for mass surveillance. This isn’t a bug, or even a feature. It’s the intent.

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[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

Can anyone show me evidence these child safety laws have been effective?

I have evidence that shows companies can’t be trusted to keep sensitive personal data safe.

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[–] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

It's still a decent overview of the state of play, anyway.

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