I’m asking for public policy ideas here. A lot of countries are enacting age verification now. But of course this is a privacy nightmare and is ripe for abuse. At the same time though, I also understand why people are concerned with how kids are using social media. These products are designed to be addictive and are known to cause body image issues and so forth. So what’s the middle ground? How can we protect kids from the harms of social media in a way that respects everyone’s privacy?
Publishing their age ID can result in the age ID getting flagged and recent accounts being disabled. PITA for the user, but be more careful.
I’m not following. The “over 18?” service should not communicate the age ID to the website and the website should not communicate the account or person name to the government? Nothing except the “over 18” service ever sees the age ID.