Re:Meta is the 'single largest market for paedophiles', says...
by joshspankit on Thursday February 01, 2024 @08:12AM
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> Unless of course we ask adults to provide their credit card or driver's license to sign up. Which I suspect they won't.
We’ve been dealing with a variation of this for decades (maybe even millennia).
The core issue is that kids have more time and energy than any parent, and they have inquisitive problem-solving minds motivated by an intense-to-them need for social connection.
Parental control software: Bypassed
Firewalls and DNS blocks: Bypassed
Parental locks on modern phones: Bypassed
“Are you over 18?” prompts: irrelevant
Asking for driver’s license? Good luck. Are lawmakers going to commit to the inevitable cat and mouse game that starts with kids doing AI forgeries of licenses?
We’ve been dealing with a variation of this for decades (maybe even millennia).
The core issue is that kids have more time and energy than any parent, and they have inquisitive problem-solving minds motivated by an intense-to-them need for social connection.
Parental control software: Bypassed
Firewalls and DNS blocks: Bypassed
Parental locks on modern phones: Bypassed
“Are you over 18?” prompts: irrelevant
Asking for driver’s license? Good luck. Are lawmakers going to commit to the inevitable cat and mouse game that starts with kids doing AI forgeries of licenses?