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Break privacy to make privacy? Age verification isn’t the answer (www.openrightsgroup.org)
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[–] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I heard Facebook has been lobbying for age verification in order to solve the problem of serving ads to real people, as there's too much bot traffic online to make good profits from ads nowadays.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I also read that Facebook has been lobbying for (OS-level) age verification, but not for this reason...

    If that were the reason, why don't they just force their users to verify their identities? They could always do that as far as I'm concerned, that doesn't need to affect any other platforms.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    If that were the reason, why don’t they just force their users to verify their identities?

    Probably realize that a non-trivial percentage of their userbase values not verifying their identity to facebook than they value being on facebook. They'd rather someone else be the bad guy, if they can do it while still reaping the benefits.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Reminder that the EU seemingly wants to do an UK Online Safety Act, supposedly coming in July 2026: https://leminal.space/post/31858818/21120139 For some reason, I still haven't seen any press about it.

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