cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36086180
Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites [& search engines, social media, file sharing, etc, etc]
And all service providers/hosts around the world are expected to comply.
Here’s one summary of the looming access control measures.
Reading and understanding all this (and the linked sources) feels so… difficult, obtuse, complex.
This is REALLY bad. It’ll require your age be verified by your ISP, operating system, email, search engine, and the site you visit. Fines of up to $49.5 million if violated.
If this is real, it is straight-up totalitarian.
My ISP already knows who I am the government doesnt need to do this shit tbh, I’m likely going to retreat from a lot of the internet when it does though