[MrGinkgo]

The way to fight it without coming off that way is by advocating for a form of age check that doesn't require personal information, which I haven't heard any really water-tight suggestions yet.

If their real interest was in protecting children, they'd make a free, publicly accessible age blocking system that parents could choose to opt into, that isn't thrust upon all citizens at once

[ascorbic]

I've only done one of these age verifications (for Bluesky) and that didn't require any personal information beyond seeing my face.

The digital credentials API trial seems interesting though: letting the browser verify your age without sharing any other personal details. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/digital-credentials-api-or...

[zahlman]

>a form of age check that doesn't require personal information

But your age is personal information.

[MrGinkgo]

sure, but it's far from the most identifying information you can hand over to a government, though

[o11c]

> The way to fight it without coming off that way is by advocating for a form of age check that doesn't require personal information, which I haven't heard any really water-tight suggestions yet.

Given the spread of explicit "give us our pedo games" and "let kids watch porn" voices, I don't think there's any demand for a moderate solution.

And when the moderate solution is actively rejected for a very real problem, nobody has a right to complain when the problem eventually is addressed using extreme solutions.

[immibis]

Where are you hearing those voices?