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 what I fear too. I have never been on FB, Bezos can get f*ed, and I’m trying to deGoogle, but I fear they will come after the Fediverse and anything not controlled by Big Tech in the name of “safety”.