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So it begins (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by tired_fedora@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Reddit has begun rolling out mandatory age verification for any NSFW content, as well as for some social media functions, if the AI determines you might be under a certain age.

Another good day to be on Lemmy... until the surveillance capitalist tech overlords lobby enough to get their great firewall of the West, anyway.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Actually good. Now people don't have to worry if some minor is pretending to be an adult on their NSFW subs.

On the other hand, adults getting ID'd for Palantir purposes sucks.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

The porn is going to go away or be way lower quality. People are not going to post stolen pornographic content on account tied to their real identity.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

On the other hand, adults getting ID'd for Palantir purposes sucks.

What do you mean? Handing over a detailed registry og millions of people's political opinions, sexual preferences and medical histories to a fascist oligarch with a creepy Messiah complex is a small price to pay to make it harder for 16 year olds to look at titties.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Very brave of you to assume this will actually work.

[–] LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If this was done at the ISP level then it would work, but they won't.

[–] ell1e@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

That would be even more dystopian however. There doesn't seem to be any good way to do age verification for big internet services without basically removing all anonymity online. Zero knowledge proof doesn't seem to necessarily save you either, see Cory Doctorow talking about it: https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/