Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for privacy. But between setting up the birthdate when creating my children’s local account on their computers, and having to send a copy of their ID to every platform under the sun, I’d easily chose the former.
I’d even agree to a simple protocol (HTTP X-Over-18 / X-Over-21 headers?) to that.
It changes nothing. This is just to get their foot in the door and when it doesn’t work they’re going to escalate. I’m not interested in giving them a fucking inch. Big tech collects enough data on us as it is, we don’t need to make it easier for them.
They already have a giant list of pedos they aren’t dealing with. If they want me to trust their intentions are to protect children they need to start with that.