| ▲ | roshin 2 days ago | |
As much as I hate google, I have to give them credit for allowing search and YouTube without an account. Every once in a while you discover things like that links to Facebook posts are behind an ever harder login wall | ||
| ▲ | aspenmayer 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
This is changing in Australia somewhat, as the country has enacted age verification laws for under-16s iirc for logged-in users: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-sear... | https://archive.is/4vbKX Similar age verification standards are being proposed in the EU: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat... | https://archive.is/LjfI2 UK folks apparently are using VPNs to circumvent age checks: https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/people-in-the-uk-now-... | https://archive.is/WVNwM Social media sites and app stores are bristling at being legally induced to create age check mechanisms by local governments: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/meta-clas... | https://archive.is/7vqL6 | ||