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minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-229 days agoA large part of this will help maintain liability for harm to young people. How ages is verified is irrelevant
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoHow ages are verified are irrelevant? Until a whole collection of faces or government IDs inevitably leaks!
minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoAre you over 16: Yes/No. That wasnt difficult.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoIf this would indeed be the case, I would be really happy.
minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-226 days agoThey have no specified otherwise so its a case of why would they waste money doing otherwise.
A large part of this will help maintain liability for harm to young people. How ages is verified is irrelevant
How ages are verified are irrelevant? Until a whole collection of faces or government IDs inevitably leaks!
Are you over 16: Yes/No.
That wasnt difficult.
If this would indeed be the case, I would be really happy.
They have no specified otherwise so its a case of why would they waste money doing otherwise.