Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working; fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and creative facial hair bypass age checks (www.internetmatters.org)
from FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 05 May 13:52
https://sh.itjust.works/post/59657339

cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/51525347

Full Report(PDF).

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Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 05 May 14:37 next collapse

It was always for surveillance

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 05 May 15:20 next collapse

Here is the organisation’s affiliations in a gif: <img alt="their affiliations" src="https://www.internetmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/im-partner-gif-v19.gif">

don’t trust this pile of shit, it’s a corporate bullshit campaign that involves fucking Roblox for fucks sake

wikipedia article

spongebue@lemmy.world on 05 May 16:40 collapse

That gif could have been easier on all of us if it were just a damn list. Kind of like those reddit posts where a line graph gets turned into a minute-long video with unnecessarily dramatic music when the last frame tells the story just as easily.

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 05 May 16:46 next collapse

unfortunately the gif is what the site gave me, if you want to write the list down feel free

outandinburger@ttrpg.network on 06 May 07:33 collapse

Gotta keep you on the site for longer to make the monies on ads

CyroSignal@lemmy.world on 06 May 09:04 collapse

They’re geniuses