Comment on System76 on Age Verification Laws

• PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  illegal

  Yes, in that they can be stopped if noticed. Police are incompetent, but if something is that bad, and draws enough attention, the person will generally be arrested.

  extremely impractical

  Yes, all the time. Thats why safes, passwords and similar exist. Or, more relevant in this case, the adage that the best way to avoid a break-in is to be a less appealing target than your neighbors. Roblox, Minecraft, Discord, and other platforms where kids gather and regularly self-identify are still going to exist, and they are far safer and far more appealing for targetted abuse of children. On the other hand, setting up a public website/app and trying to lure children to it is expensive, risky, and unlikely to succeed on the modern internet.

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  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    On the other hand, setting up a public website/app and trying to lure children to it is expensive, risky, and unlikely to succeed on the modern internet.

    Right, when has any website become a platform where kids gather and regularly self-identify?

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    • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re completely ignoring my argument. How many of these websites where children gather and self-identity are created and maintained by paedophiles specifically to prey on childen? So far as I know, there has never been a site like this on the modern internet, nonetheless one that remains up and has been running for an extended period. I don’t see any reason to expect this to change.

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      • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        How many of these websites where children gather and self-identity are created and maintained by paedophiles specifically to prey on childen?

        In light of the Epstein files I would hesitate to say that number is zero. Nevermind that most such platforms are smaller than the giants you mentioned. Or that anyone working for or with kid-filled sites of any size could make it incidentally about preying on said kids. Apparently people manage when they’re just anonymous users.

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      • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        roblox

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