It’s the implementation (such as in UK) requiring government ID, making it sound more like blatant data collection.
I’m honestly not the best person to talk about this. But also not every user in a website/social media has to buy something, hence not everyone has ever given their payment info.
But from tiny bit reading on recent essay on the lobbyist of the OS-level age verification law, being Facebook behind it, they kind of want to offload this work to OS so that they themselvs (social media services) don’t be the one who does this, apparently because that may violate some regulation. I don’t remember the details sorry.
As for the motives, why’s everyone suddenly obssessed with verifying everyone’s age since 2025, who knows. But I do have concern that prosecuting critics on the internet will be easier if everyone is well profiled.
It’s the implementation (such as in UK) requiring government ID, making it sound more like blatant data collection.
I’m honestly not the best person to talk about this. But also not every user in a website/social media has to buy something, hence not everyone has ever given their payment info.
But from tiny bit reading on recent essay on the lobbyist of the OS-level age verification law, being Facebook behind it, they kind of want to offload this work to OS so that they themselvs (social media services) don’t be the one who does this, apparently because that may violate some regulation. I don’t remember the details sorry.
As for the motives, why’s everyone suddenly obssessed with verifying everyone’s age since 2025, who knows. But I do have concern that prosecuting critics on the internet will be easier if everyone is well profiled.