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minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-26 days agoA large part of this will help maintain liability for harm to young people. How ages is verified is irrelevant
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoHow ages are verified are irrelevant? Until a whole collection of faces or government IDs inevitably leaks!
minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAre you over 16: Yes/No. That wasnt difficult.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIf this would indeed be the case, I would be really happy.
minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThey have no specified otherwise so its a case of why would they waste money doing otherwise.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoTo avoid said potential liability? Or because the law would include actual enforcement, like it was proposed at least in some places?
A large part of this will help maintain liability for harm to young people. How ages is verified is irrelevant
How ages are verified are irrelevant? Until a whole collection of faces or government IDs inevitably leaks!
Are you over 16: Yes/No.
That wasnt difficult.
If this would indeed be the case, I would be really happy.
They have no specified otherwise so its a case of why would they waste money doing otherwise.
To avoid said potential liability? Or because the law would include actual enforcement, like it was proposed at least in some places?