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> Like so many things from history, this is all Britain’s fault. The farcical UK Online Safety Act is forcing all social media platforms and adult-oriented websites to require age verification checks before its citizens can access them

I guess no other US state or country has demanded age checks, great journalism from kotaku...

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The things in politics have a habit of spreading outside of country's borders, as politicians in other countries just go "huh, that's nice kind of oppresion, and their population didn't totally revolt so maybe we should try"

Also technically US is fault of UK too

Lots of people support these age checks. The many tech companies delivering too much filth to young audiences with no easy controls shot themselves in the foot on this one.

Sometimes manufacturing consent is a little easier than other times.

No. It's a huge manipulation.

1. If all platforms introduce age verification by law, then no platform gets unfair advantage by not having them.

2. Age verification obviously allows them to gather even more data about users.

3. Age verification creates the illusion of there being "a safe internet" which is extremely important to parents who give their children iPads so that the kids shut up and fuck off, while the spread of brainrot can continue undisturbed.

The first US ones predate the UK one, tho.

Maybe kotakus editors need age checks...

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