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@JimsonHogarth @TheChaosWeeber If you are EU citizen then it is not mandatory, you can still go through a human check. If you are not from EU then yeah, your face will be scaned either way. But entering a country is different than entering a website.

@Vulpine_Vine @TheChaosWeeber I literally had to let AI determine my age by scanning my face and entering it into a database the last time I was in Europe, mate.

Then don’t give your kids a smartphone. Done. Im not giving corporations my ID online just so you can feel better.

@JimsonHogarth @TheChaosWeeber Anyway in other countries what you call normal (scanning ID) is forbidden by law.

@Vulpine_Vine @TheChaosWeeber Not in Canada, mate. We had such a bad money laundering problem through our casinos that you now have to hand over your ID which is scanned, entered, and checked against a criminal database.

@pirulinisk @Redtail_701 What do you mean wait to 18, you can have sex at 16 in most western countries and in 30 of US states.

@Redtail_701 Yea i agree with the intentionally aging him up thing. Its like when old ass people wait for a person to be 18 to be freaky

Can i say something controversial i think the people that drew this guy in suggestive or nsfw art arent pedophiles and most likely js drew him like that out of a poorly made decision or for some quick likes. But u never know

@JimsonHogarth @TheChaosWeeber Scanning ID by such places is forbidden by European Union law: GDPR. I am from EU.

@Vulpine_Vine @TheChaosWeeber How cute, you think it’s 1974. Every ID entered at a BC casino is scanned. Same with most bars and clubs.

@JimsonHogarth @TheChaosWeeber But in real life they "scan" it with their eyes, not store a photo of it in a cloud.

@TheChaosWeeber So you don’t believe casinos or bars should scan for ID. Got it. Weird position. Sort of indefensible.

@SamCKx I do not care about children having or not having access to social media. The problem is in the method of doing it. It reqiers adults to prove they are not children instead of only children being affected by this law. Do you not see a difference?

People will attack this policy, but after extensive government consultation, 90% of the parents of under-16s support it. They have watched social media consume huge portions of their children’s lives, so have a very different perspective. Social media amplifies narcissism, materialism, envy and division at an age when young minds are still developing. It keeps children trapped in a digital ecosystem designed to maximise engagement at the expense of real-world experiences, time outdoors, hobbies, independence, and learning how to socialise and build genuine friendships. Perhaps most damaging of all, it encourages constant comparison. Children are measuring themselves against carefully curated versions of other people’s lives every hour of every day. It creates feelings of inadequacy and anxiety on a scale that older generations simply never experienced. There will be much outrage about this, but this policy is truly about protecting children, and anyone who cares about the future of society should support it.

@timeades @edwinhayward Also in China they use VPNs that are almost impossible to block, so they exist.

@edwinhayward Moot point, it's pretty simple for any company to implement VPN blocking, off the shelf solutions are available but coding their own functions really wouldn't pose too many issues.

Starmer's social media ban for children will lead to more bullying. The rich kids will buy VPN subscriptions and just carry on. Poorer kids who can't afford to use VPN will be mocked unmercifully and have their noses rubbed in all the stuff they're missing out on.

@timeades @edwinhayward But why would they want to block VPN? They do not wany to lose traffic and user using VPN does not count as coming from the original country.

@jefph @edwinhayward You can install your own operating system like GrapheneOS on Android device and you will not have this because Google will not be able to fo anything. I installed custom ROMs on my Android devices as a teenager so its not that hard.

@edwinhayward Apparently govt is asking Apple & Google to implement the checks at machine level when setting up a device, so VPN makes no difference, the packets never get created to leave the device to be routed through anything external

@dornerk @edwinhayward One can also use a free VPN albeit it will work much slower and be less reliable and potentialy easier to block.

@edwinhayward Surely VPNs can only be bought by those who are over 18 and have a credit card to pay for it? Or am I being naive?

@UnitedD_S @Kev_Andrew @Dr_Gl0ver @HarleyShah You must be trolling at this point

@Kev_Andrew @Dr_Gl0ver @HarleyShah There should be a curfew

At 17 you can Have consensual sex Have a kid Drive a car Work a job Vote Donate blood Join the army BUT you CANNOT watch YouTube after your allocated government bedtime lmao

@tdtbaa2 Nah, it is better

somehow made it worse award

@WasAcop @AlBonDeega On desktop Linux it's the answer, you can use one of many free versions and is open source and govt can't regulate it.

@AlBonDeega It will be the same thing push an update out to the operating system. They have already come out and said tech companies need to fall inline or they will be forced to with legislation..

🚨Labour confirms ID requirement at device level - VPNs useless.🚨 By forcing Apple and Google to verify age at the device level during phone setup… Keir Starmer’s government isn’t protecting kids — it’s building a surveillance infrastructure. The OS itself will restrict platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X, making VPNs largely useless because the block happens before any traffic leaves your phone. 🚨Once every device carries a verified age profile, authorities gain an easy route to identify users through legal requests to tech firms. This is digital ID by the back door, sold as child safety. Classic Labour: expand state control first, ask questions later.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@WasAcop On Android you can install your own operating system like GrapheneOS that Google has no control over.

@JJPACheshire One of the essential social media skills will be using a VPN to bypass the new law.

RIP to any young people who had hopes of working in any field that requires social media skills Or anyone who wants to revise for their A Levels after 6pm YouTube has got more children in Britain through exams than the DfE

@JessBrownFuller This is not even true you can still watch YouTube on any device without an account.

Some tricky conversations this evening about the impending social media ban. ‘I don’t even know who this government guy is’ ‘Keir Starmer’ ‘Keir Starmer, what does that mean’

@eveevee99 @DLCDonut x.com/VilyaVlopick/s…

@DLCDonut Maybe if they were all monkeys like the title implies I’d actually watch it

This is how id design characters for a lecture about uninteresting character design

chimptopia if it was awesome

@CouchNish The problem is with adults that need to use ID to access social media, not with kids getting banned

For anyone wondering, it’s only been a positive thing in Aus. No one even talks about it anymore which can only mean the kids don’t care. The ones desperate for it will find workarounds, but the majority have found better things to do with their spare time.

@ChazingtonYT Why they main characters are so bland?