I mean, for the most part yes. I’m not even so much concerned about my kids viewing porn, more so than somebody else will make nasty deepfakes of them and post online etc, so age verification won’t fix that.
I could see it help with discriminating between people at their “own damn computers” and bots or misinformation/psyops campaigns run out of certain foreign countries though (assuming any ID also ties back to parent country).
I could see it help with discriminating between people at their “own damn computers” and bots or misinformation/psyops campaigns run out of certain foreign countries though (assuming any ID also ties back to parent country).
It won’t unless they can prevent people from stealing IDs. Which they can’t.
I mean, for the most part yes. I’m not even so much concerned about my kids viewing porn, more so than somebody else will make nasty deepfakes of them and post online etc, so age verification won’t fix that.
I could see it help with discriminating between people at their “own damn computers” and bots or misinformation/psyops campaigns run out of certain foreign countries though (assuming any ID also ties back to parent country).
Mate, they can’t even stop scammers faking a caller ID. This will do absolutely nothing against bad faith actors.
I think it’s less a matter of “can’t” and more a matter of “can’t … be added to bother putting in a significant effort/investment”
So why do you think this will be any different?
It won’t unless they can prevent people from stealing IDs. Which they can’t.