[aestetix]

Here is another idea for how to solve this:

Why not produce a second kind of phone that is for kids. Maybe have it linked to their parents accounts on a hardware level. The kidphone is physically restricted somehow to only installing certain apps, so that parents can ensure they are safe.

This approach would put the power back into hands of parents, keep the kids safe, and also prevent all this intrusive age verification stuff from happening.

Also it is a lot easier to police. You could physically look at the phone the child is using to make sure it is a kidphone. If not, then they are committing a crime, similar to a child smoking a cigarette.

[blitzar]

> Why not produce a second kind of phone that is for kids

It exists, it is called an iPhone or an Android phone.

> This approach would put the power back into hands of parents

They have it ... they don't want it. They don't want to say "no", they want to be friends not parents to their children.

[xenospn]

Most parents are completely powerless when faced with pressure from their kids. Or even worse, their kids’ friends.

[tsoukase]

The same companies that sell addictive stuff to kids give them an aid to abstinence. They are kidding us all.

Better have multiple levels of defense. National firewall, school ban, parent supervision, phone lockdown. Only then the exposure will be mediated over all possible channels (stolen accounts, fake adult IDs, friends' devices).

[general1465]

This is not about children, never has been. This is about curbing Russian and US influence campaigns on social medias in Europe, especially towards elderly people who are easily manipulated.