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QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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Spotify is the latest app to bring in age verification
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  • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
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    ah from shady porn sites, like spotify and wikipedia. definitely protect kids from porn there. /s

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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      So I feel like I’m now hearing more successful pushes for censorship through this stuff.

      Just last week I learned how Texas has a bill that makes it so if anyone ever invested in green technology that they wouldn’t be allowed

      https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/24/texas-boycott-companies-fossil-fuels/

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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        I saw a post saying /r/period required an age check.

        They’re gonna censor as much as they can with this.

        • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          Ah, yes. As we all know, periods start at 18, when you’re a legal adult. It’s illegal to have periods before then

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        That makes no sense, surely everyone has invested in green energy through workplace retirement plans, no?

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      Is wikipedia on the list? I see reddit is, lol. We might see an influx soon.

      • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
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        not yet, but the wikimedia foundation has been fighting against it expecting that it would be a class 1 site and require it.

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          We have to protect wikipedia

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    Age verification is a great success I see. I feel so much safer now with this shit in place so kids can’t watch porn…

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      *so that the government can say kids won’t watch porn.

      Rule 1 of computers that everyone who has taught an ICT class learns - if little Timmy wants titties, he finds a way.

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      In Sweden pretty much anybody has Bank Id, an app which is connected to a bank account and which can function as a valid identification.

      App belongs a private company, but it’s still trustworthy and everybody can sign government docs with that.

      This is how you should do age verification, through a third party app, not like any site will get your id/picture to just end in their DBs ready to be stolen.

      Every government should create an app for the online id, I don’t get why this seems so hard to achieve.

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        It’s super trustworthy bro I swear

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