XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On 6 Feb 2026 12:17:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
   >   As mentioned in Carlos' references, the age check facility will be   
   > provided by an independent organization (probably government   
   > controlled).   
      
   Probably.   
      
   > The social media platform just sends a request to this   
   > facility asking whether or not the prospective user has the required   
   > minimum age and gets back a yes/no indication.   
   >   
   >   The platform does not get a name or the actual age or any other   
   > information. They get what they need (yes/no), nothing more.   
      
   Tnx for educating me, because that was not how I thought it worked.   
      
   >   We - in The Netherlands - already have a similar system for different   
   > purposes, so yes it can be done.   
      
   I can imagine not everyone is happy about it. This system could be   
   (ab)used to track people, in principle. What if such a system was   
   hacked?   
      
   >   Of course  the 'social media' companies - and especially their rabid   
   > owners - pretend that such a system is not possible, so they have a   
   > 'reason' for continuing spreading their bile, influencing politics,   
   > elections, supporting extreme anti-democratic parties, etc., etc..   
      
   So they'll probably be fined with a slap on the wrist, a couple million   
   euro, while raking in millions more in the process.   
      
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