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Yes, I said it before and I will say it again: We should invest our energy in the discussion whether to implement it and not already wonder how to implement it.

Shifting this question benefits only those who want to force this upon us.

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And what do "they" want? It's not like they don't already know your age, name, ID number or your browsing history

You will think twice before expressing your opinion in public.

Since you seem unfamiliar with the following, I will leave this here for your perusal:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

Doesn't the "how to implement" determine whether to implement it? A poor implementation shouldn't be done, but a good implementation could make it simpler for companies to verify the ages of users, limit information passed to companies, offer a quality of life improvement for users.

The question is -- why they even need to verify ages of users. This is not decided, and my take is that they do not.

It's funny, concomittant all this chest beating about representing open societies, democracies, unlike those creepy evil authoritarian states which we don't like, that the EC seems hell bent on proving we can have a police state _just_ as intrusive if not more than say: Russia. This is not how we were supposed to prove that we are better.

> as intrusive if not more than say: Russia.

Ping me when people are physically tortured by police for facebook posts, because that's what happens there.

Does it have to be your exact example? https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/un-experts-u...

Many examples of prison for Facebook posts in the UK. Not bad enough?

It's bad, just not "We ArE LiTeRaLlY RuSsIa". But I guess it's the logical conclusion of the last few decades of critical thinking erosion and people not being able to form any kind of nuanced opinion

How about 30 years in prison for distributing zines?

USA is not member of EU

I love how "they" wanting to know your age is a big conspiracy, but zuck &co hiring the best behavioral and addictions scientists to get yours kids into doomscrolling brain rot as soon as possible is a fact of life and we shouldn't do anything about it

The solution is banning dark patterns at big tech companies, not banning privacy.

BUT DOESNT ANYONE HERE THINK OF THE CHILDREN

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