And that is exactly why an identification requirement is so double if it were used for social media.
From a very binary perspective, I believe that everyone should be able to identify themselves on the Internet. That without an identity, one should not be able to perform actions. Just to weed out those bad apples (scammers, hackers, trolls, etc). It is also actually necessary to be able to protect children from things they should not see or do.
However, all this has a major downside: social media really does everything it can to use such information. A lot of loopholes in the law and an apology afterwards have already convinced many social media to get done what they wanted to do. Despite a ban or lack of social acceptance.
Because of that conflict, it is extremely difficult to trust someone at his or her age. Of course, it is possible to have a third party (strongly preferably a government agency) release only limited information. However, your identity then remains with a third party, where your identity is recorded.
An App Store should also meet this requirement. However, Facebook can also be opened as a website – without an app.
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(That might offer some perspective on Meta’s ultimate goal with the Facebook web app?)
By the way, it is ironic that Meta specifically comes up with this. An App Store will soon no longer be necessary to use an app – let alone – to perform an age check: news: ‘Sideloading apps on iPhone and iPad possible from the first half of 2024’
2023-11-15 19:49:00
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