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sites will have to verify the age of visitors, either by asking for government-issued documents or using biometric data, such as face scans, to estimate their age
Yeah, most sites are just going to block UK users. Dealing with personal data like that is a nightmare.
Jesus Christ did this actually pass?? I really hope for society sake other countries aren’t impacted or follow in the UKs footsteps. This is an enormous violation of privacy. We commonly gave China shit for doing stuff like this, but apparently we decided this was the right way to go. The data collected from this thinly veiled “age verification” will have enormous impacts on society.
Jesus Christ did this actually pass??
No, not yet, and only the other day did they remove the requirement for breaking encryption from the proposed bill.
Oh thank god, hopefully these cunts will stop trying to pass this 🤞
It’s been under debate for a few years. There is renewed attention on it in recent days, it seems. Maybe it’s gotten more support, I’m not entirely sure.
Is it bad that I'm becoming numb to losing my digital rights?
Yes. Yes that’s bad. That’s what they want. Same tactics used car salesman employ: wear them down.
We had digital rights? It's been so long since we had them that I forget we had them at all.
sure its about protecting the children for now
Or that’s the use they’re hiding under. One of the most surveilled countries in the world
