> In some locations, we may be required to restrict access to certain features or content unless you complete an age assurance process and demonstrate that you are an adult.

Not BlueSky specific, but I am getting ready to nuke my accounts on social media and other websites as soon as they start requiring said verifications.

I truly don't what to expect from this trend.

▲

causalmodels 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Given how things are going, I expect to I'll need to age verify accounts that are almost twenty years.

	▲	bilkow 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not defending the verification stuff, but interestingly Newgrounds has considered that. > If your account is more than ten years old, we will assume you are currently over 18. https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1548205

▲

Levitz 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Absolutely.

Anecdotal but I lived in Krakow, Poland for some months years ago, back then, for some goddamned reason, the vast majority of the room rentals for foreigners were advertised and managed through Facebook. I didn't have a Facebook account and it was required to verify my ID to make one.

I spent more than a goddamned month living in hostels before biting the bullet and I still dislike that I ended up making one. The day any of these services require an ID is the day I drop it, I don't consider this a preference, I consider this ethics. It's not about me liking it or not, I honestly believe that anyone going through with that is making a worse world.

▲

yread 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> demonstrate that you are an adult

maybe they mean a captcha like "do the taxes for this guy"

	▲	dathinab 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		no, some places did signed laws, are about to sign laws which do legally require age checks e.g. this December a ban for social media for anyone <16y takes effect in Australia. They also removed the power from parents to consent that younger children are allowed to use social media. They require "reasonable" steps to check the age, and nearly did require id checks. Even through they in the end didn't require it but a simple captcha or similar clearly won't be enough.
	▲	troyvit 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Right? Or like kill for your country.

▲

busymom0 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If YouTube or Reddit requires me to upload ID, I am going to delete my account.

▲

jl6 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Not BlueSky specific, but I am getting ready to nuke my accounts on social media

This is the way, folks.

▲

jrm4 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, feels like we're going to have relearn what the tech can do.

It's possible to do all of this without permission, it's just hard...