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3 Hackers Just Exposed The Truth Behind Age Checks (media.fedia.io)
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The age checks countries are trying to add will just send all the data to the US.

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[โ€“] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

We need to replace these age checks with tools that help parents/guardians block inappropriate online content for their children. Anything else is inefficient, ultimately dystopian, or both.

[โ€“] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

We need to erase these age checks and the culture that encourages them. I will continue to say thisโ€”unfettered internet access does far more Good than Harm; especially in this climate.

[โ€“] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

What we need is ongoing, free education after school. For many it just stops. People should have gotten digital competency classes with every new wave of applications and then taught that to their children.

Schools also spectacularly fail at preparing people for life after school in any way digital. Most just indoctrinate you to use one single product, not how to use a computer in general. Kids exit school only knowing "Microslop Excel" not how spreadsheets work or what they're good for e.g balancing a budget, keeping track of expenses, weighing options, etc.

Education is also a very large and important part of the answer.

[โ€“] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, but also there are a LOT of parents that are worse for kids than age checks as far as access to information goes. And not for some normal "protrct the children" level of reason, but for "Everything that makes me uncomfortable is SATAN!" reasons.