“In addition, some of the methods used to regulate children’s internet access pose the risk of unintended harms. For instance, age verification regulations would inevitably increase the amount of data collection involved, increasing privacy concerns. Users would have to submit to platforms proof of their age, which raises the risks of data breach or illegitimate data usage by the platforms or bad actors.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 5.4: Federal Trade Commission, Adam Candeub, page 908, paragraph 2
Context:
I agree that collecting age is useless (because it’s too easy to lie unless you’re requiring a legal ID, which is definitely a privacy concern), but this is a problem looking for a solution. Has any bad actor EVER breached a social media company’s database for the sole purpose of victimizing children, which would have been prevented by them not sharing their age?
Full contextual analysis of Section 5.4: Federal Trade Commission here.
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