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BartShoot 13 hours ago [-]
Hearing about it from privacy activists and movements like stop killing games is a little devastating, the law in this shape should not pass and its horrible that it even is drafted/proposed in it's current shape.
pentakkusu 12 hours ago [-]
>the law in this shape should not pass and its horrible that it even is drafted/proposed in it's current shape
Explain please, I am not familiar with the opinions of "privacy activists" in this matter.
BartShoot 10 hours ago [-]
Mandatory age verification everywhere, with varying level of privacy concerns. Tying your digital presence to identity, with service providers forced cooperation in this endeavor.
And for the online gaming mandatory external age verification services, which will only permit existence of official servers and cost an arm and a leg.
BartShoot 13 hours ago [-]
And like many great minds before me said: "It's never just about kids" when people talk about kids safety, so often this is used to push unfavorable laws cuz "think about the kids!!"
This Regulation applies to providers of the following services or systems accessible to minors:
(a) online social networking services;
(b) video-sharing platform services;
(c) software application stores
(d) online games;
(e) operating systems;
(f) AI companions;
(g) general conversational chatbots.
nilslindemann 11 hours ago [-]
If these people were serious, they would simply forbid children under—say—16 years of age from using the internet unless an adult is present in the room. Using computers without an internet connection should remain permitted, provided there is no harmful content on the device.
nilslindemann 3 hours ago [-]
I dont get the downvote. I had no internet access until being an adult. What I had was a pass for the public library, which I made use of from age 14. I had a membership card for the cities outdoor swimming pool in the summer – big kids party, there was table tennis. I was a member of the chess club, the IB, the Judo club, and the Scouts. I had two best friends (whom I knew from the Scouts); we would regularly visit each other, and through them, I knew many other children. I didn't need the internet at all until I was 25. Banning the internet for all children in a country until the age of 16 – treating it like a movie for adults – would likely be a blessing for their real-life social connections, at least it would probably not at all harm them.
A young child using a Linux, just having a restricted amount of knowledge resources will probably learn it better than with the internet connected. At least I made that experience. I learned programming the Web with just having local access to the SELFHTML documentation.
Explain please, I am not familiar with the opinions of "privacy activists" in this matter.
And for the online gaming mandatory external age verification services, which will only permit existence of official servers and cost an arm and a leg.
This Regulation applies to providers of the following services or systems accessible to minors:
(a) online social networking services;
(b) video-sharing platform services;
(c) software application stores
(d) online games;
(e) operating systems;
(f) AI companions;
(g) general conversational chatbots.
A young child using a Linux, just having a restricted amount of knowledge resources will probably learn it better than with the internet connected. At least I made that experience. I learned programming the Web with just having local access to the SELFHTML documentation.