Lots to unpack here. The codes mark a real regulatory inflection point but the privacy cost of age assurance feels disproportionately high for measures that are still easily bypassed. I wrote about this today if you're interested.
You are right to call this an "inflection point". The Codes appear to be at variance with guidance to enforce duties expected of online platforms. What concerns many of us is the architecture that now sits behind these rules. Age assurance may reduce some risk, but it introduces large scale data collection and identity checks into ordinary online life. Once these systems are in place they are unlikely to be rolled back to status quo. The proportionality test here is indeed the long term effect on rights and public trust in digital services. It is a serious concern to us.
Lots to unpack here. The codes mark a real regulatory inflection point but the privacy cost of age assurance feels disproportionately high for measures that are still easily bypassed. I wrote about this today if you're interested.
You are right to call this an "inflection point". The Codes appear to be at variance with guidance to enforce duties expected of online platforms. What concerns many of us is the architecture that now sits behind these rules. Age assurance may reduce some risk, but it introduces large scale data collection and identity checks into ordinary online life. Once these systems are in place they are unlikely to be rolled back to status quo. The proportionality test here is indeed the long term effect on rights and public trust in digital services. It is a serious concern to us.
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