Mastodawn

I am not a fan of the rise of mandatory age verification in apps and websites.

But if that’s the direction we’re going to go in then it makes the most sense for this to be supported at the operating system level than every random website or app collecting your government ID.

https://www.ft.com/content/c36dc645-8cd4-4e69-a9ce-3a0ac4071264?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Apple rolls out UK age checks for iPhone users

Move follows pressure from government on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online

Financial Times

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@carnage4life Mandating it at the operating system level also seems bad though. I don't get why a random router or FTP server or something should have to provide some enum value about whether its user falls in the 12-18 or 0-9 age bracket or whatever. The question doesn't even make sense.

It also seems like this could more easily have been done in the private sector by creating a standard for querying parental controls on devices that actually have them.