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minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoHow ages are verified are irrelevant? Until a whole collection of faces or government IDs inevitably leaks!
minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAre you over 16: Yes/No. That wasnt difficult.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIf this would indeed be the case, I would be really happy.
minus-squareWooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoThey have no specified otherwise so its a case of why would they waste money doing otherwise.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoTo avoid said potential liability? Or because the law would include actual enforcement, like it was proposed at least in some places?
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.
To avoid said potential liability? Or because the law would include actual enforcement, like it was proposed at least in some places?