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Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites [& search engines, social media, file sharing, etc, etc] (www.dundaslawyers.com.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by rcbrk@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] freedickpics@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

This is the real problem. As more and more countries push for laws like this I think sites will just adopt blanket age-verification for simplicity's sake instead of having to constantly keep track of which countries/states in countries require it