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When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information (www.eff.org)
submitted 3 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all? This is particularly a problem when users are required to prove their age with identity documents.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

or if Im just not going to play along. im pretty willing to give it all up.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Might end up with a fediverse on TOR at this rate...

[–] thegerald@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What do you think of freenet.org ?

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had never heard of it before but visited their site and looks like a very cool concept! I'll have to download it and give it a try, although it seems their still in pretty early stages.

[–] thegerald@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Yes they are its true. The main developer created the original freenet I think. Ian Clarke. Its very interesting, although I do get confused. Tor Lokinet, Freenet, Usenet, I2P etc. I need to figure out what's going on.

[–] Darcranium@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

This is awesome