Girl on the Net@girlonthenet@mastodon.social
#AgeVerification: what's the harm?
In which I distill a lot of casual pub chats I've had with friends into a layperson's guide to the #OnlineSafetyAct. What it is, the problems it causes, and why you should definitely care.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-verification-whats-the-harm/
Schrödinger's Prat@Rhodium103@mastodon.social
@girlonthenet@mastodon.social
Ironic that I can't read this, and it's nothing to do with the OSA.
I'm on someone else's WiFi, and the ISP blocks it because 'adult' content has largely been opt-in for a decade. The browser doesn't even acknowledge the site's existence.
If I even see the age verification button on a platform, it can only be because I'm already an adult bill-payer who has verified my identity with a much more robustly trustworthy company.
It's a better filtering system, and we already have it.