Age verification has set up “child online safety” as a challenge to be broken, a problem to be evaded, rather than a goal to be pursued by all. Tone deaf approach by Govt, Industry, & safety activists has set back the cause by a generation

We described what would happen in 2016 and now it’s coming to fruition:

Brits can get around Discord’s age verification thanks to Death Stranding’s photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK’s Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima | PC Gamer

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/brits-can-get-around-discords-age-verification-thanks-to-death-strandings-photo-mode-bypassing-the-measure-introduced-with-the-uks-online-safety-act-we-tried-it-and-it-works-thanks-kojima/

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