Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
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Nah the government would love for nobody to have access to the internet lol
The US government created the internet
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Lemmy will be pressured into age verification also and most hosts will crumble. $50M per caught infraction is wild.
We gonna end up going back to libraries. Which actually would be cool as fuck. Like Yentl when all those dudes are hanging out in a big ass room talking philosophy. It'll re-spark the postal service. Live music will thrive. Coz everyone will be like fuck the internet, we'll do it live.
Lemmy will be pressured into age verification also and most hosts will crumble.
Then just self host
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Lemmy will be pressured into age verification also and most hosts will crumble.
Then just self host
ah ha! Guess that's how we beat the system.
People would need to sub to your instance though for you to post content right?What would the pros and cons be?
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No one needs the internet outside of work. The moment I'm forced to show my ID or get my face scanned, I'm done for good.
No one needs the internet outside of work.
As someone with a disability (and no car), the internet has played a massive role in allowing me to live independently, which in turn has a profoundly positive impact on my mental health. There are a wide variety of circumstances in which the internet has enhanced life experience - let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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I think we need to organise a massive campaign for people to cancel their entire Isp for at least a month, I'm betting all this would get reversed almost overnight.
Anything but that I fear they win and we all end up on the darknet.
Hahaha
Good luck doing that.
People can't even delay their non-essential shinies to make a statement against price gouging/raising bullshit.. You think they're gonna willingly sacrifice something like internet? for a month?
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Not much more than the www.
By proportion maybe?
(Just guessing, I’m not on there)
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By proportion maybe?
(Just guessing, I’m not on there)
Yeah, it's all relative. It's like the www before corporate takeover. Like the old www, you need to have some sense on where to go and where to avoid.
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No it's not, maybe for some mainstream websites. Saying the "whole internet" is clickbait hyperbole.
Australians will soon be subjected to mandatory age checks across the internet landscape, in what has been described as a huge and unprecedented change.
Search engines are next in line for the same controversial age-assurance technology behind the teen social media ban, and other parts of the internet are likely to follow suit.
Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google
Just as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being applied to search engines and many other corners of the internet.
(www.abc.net.au)
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It's not about actually protecting children. It's about data.
The purpose is to protect the mainstream media.
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Can you have age verification and still be anonymous on the Internet? (Fixed fukted typo)
Yes, but the legislation specifically rules out that technology. The purpose is to remove anonymity.
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They mean most of the internet for most people
Only the vast socially relevant parts of the internetelite nerds who use lemmy will be able to circumvent
if the snobs are fine, why care?
those people kvetching about how the endless September ruined everything will have their wish
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ah ha! Guess that's how we beat the system.
People would need to sub to your instance though for you to post content right?What would the pros and cons be?
People would need to sub to your instance though for you to post content right?
I think there is some way to automatically forward your content but I don't self host and am not an expert.
Pros are that while you could be "defederated", you can't be banned. You make any decisions and could also let others use your system.
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Can't tell if meth addict or rage bot.
Can tell that you're a nonce, chomo
