Such a “ban” would lead to mandatory age verification and age assurance for all Canadians. There is no such thing as privacy protecting or anonymous age verification.
Mandatory age verification in unacceptable, and should be banned in Canada. Canadians deserve more privacy online, not less.
LurkerGarry on
I see this ending in two ways.
First, local-nets that run off of government verification that essentially eliminates privacy on the internet as we know it.
Second, age-verification that opens up a black market of hacked accounts and identities that are sold on the dark web to access content anyway.
Social media is without a doubt having a net-negative effect on society as a whole. But I don’t see how this will solve the problem.
Snurgisdr on
If I were going to restrict access, it would be on the basis of passing a critical thinking skills test rather than an age limit.
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Such a “ban” would lead to mandatory age verification and age assurance for all Canadians. There is no such thing as privacy protecting or anonymous age verification.
Mandatory age verification in unacceptable, and should be banned in Canada. Canadians deserve more privacy online, not less.
I see this ending in two ways.
First, local-nets that run off of government verification that essentially eliminates privacy on the internet as we know it.
Second, age-verification that opens up a black market of hacked accounts and identities that are sold on the dark web to access content anyway.
Social media is without a doubt having a net-negative effect on society as a whole. But I don’t see how this will solve the problem.
If I were going to restrict access, it would be on the basis of passing a critical thinking skills test rather than an age limit.