Denial Takes Hold as Teens Circumvent Australian Age Verification (www.freezenet.ca)
from pglpm@lemmy.ca to privacy@lemmy.ca on 30 Mar 22:20
https://lemmy.ca/post/62594217

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/62594213

Denial Takes Hold as Teens Circumvent Australian Age Verification

The failure of the Australian age verification laws has left advocates with the only tool left in the chest: denial.

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RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works on 30 Mar 23:26 next collapse

“In Canada, one media outlet hoping for similar laws is the CBC. They recently published an article suggesting that Canada should implement similar laws. From the CBC:”

I read that CBC article. Freezenet is full of shit. Publishing a quote from is not the same as advocating for.

Maeve@kbin.earth on 31 Mar 00:58 collapse

The outcomes were completely predictable. Teens were using sharpies and pictures of golden retrievers to defeat the age verification systems. Others utilized the more reliable VPN technology to defeat the censor walls. The technology became an absolute security and privacy nightmare following the Discord breach, the AgeGO scandal, and additional data leaks and breaches to boot.

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