Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/apple-rolls-out-age-verification-tools-worldwide-to-comply-with-growing-web-of-child-safety-laws/
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slazer2au@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 164d
And this will save kids from politicians and rich pricks how?
Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 164d
Well, see, it's actually to appease incompetent and stupid people who very vocally want the government to do a majority of the parenting of their children.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 164d
I don't think that's the point of the laws.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 164d
I know....... 😔
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social · 6 pts · 164d
I have an iPhone for work (not mine, the employer paid for it and I just use it during work time). It's gonna be a lot of fun to see how they try (and fail) to force me to verify my age.
evujumenuk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 164d
I read somewhere that Zuck hates this. Given that, it's probably better than the alternative: having to hand over your personal information to each website or app that claims to have a need for age verification.
Due to worldwide legislative trends, waiting for it all to pass and not implementing any kind of age verification is not really feasible. Hope is not a strategy, but of course this tech also isn't a substitute for advocacy.
Sunshine@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 164d
We need to all use f-droid instead!
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 164d
F-droid doesn't exist on Apple and its days are numbered on stock Android too.
msokiovt@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 164d
I placed this in !deapple@piefed.social, but do appreciate the repost from there.