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

submitted 11 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/privacy@programming.dev

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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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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

"Are u in Australia?"

[Yes] [No]

[X] Remember my answer

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It's obviously a global push. I expect no country is going to be spared draconian identity verification rules in the near future.

[-] Weslee@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

This has already happened here in the UK, a cheap VPN fixes it

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