Then again, my Reddit account is one of my younger social media accounts, and it's 13. And if you assume a 2-year-old is not creating a Reddit account, it's pretty easy to prove that I'm over 16.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps some companies are trying to get ahead of the game. It they can demonstrate they are ahead of things it might be a bargaining point.

The google one was kind of weird because I wouldn't consider the app in question an adult only app, the account had aged to 18 from probably 5 or so years ago. And it is my first time seeing the option to verify age with a picture or government id like they have in the UK now.

Disney wasn't an age verification in the sense of the Australia/UK laws and I am fairly sure it was a demographics update to gather more marketing information for the option of a future advertising rollout. Just general enshitification.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Perhaps some companies are trying to get ahead of the game. It they can demonstrate they are ahead of things it might be a bargaining point.

Oh you sweet summer child... This is surveillance capitalism taking the opportunity to positively ID as many users as possible, while they can. Some time in the next year or so, after the dangers are proven, restrictions will be put in place, but with the current intentionally-vague free-for-all they can capture your child's religion and blood type, and ask you to upload every ID you own, because the majority will do it without question, so they will. They are never deleting anything, ever.