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The prompt for age verification is due to Google’s new system, which uses AI to estimate users’ ages to comply with a global push for online age-verification laws. This system may flag adult users as minors, restricting access to certain content until their age is confirmed with a government ID, credit card, or a selfie.
Lots of countries and even states in the USA are forcing “age verification” laws before displaying certain content. The OP in that link doesn’t say what state they were in or what article they were trying to read, but I’m wondering if their complaint is more with their state government passing draconian laws rather that Google on this one.
Google’s new system, which uses AI to estimate users’ ages
What could go wrong!
to comply with a global push
Malicious compliance. Also pre-emptive overcompliance afaics.
Once again, having a Google account will be the solution for a smooth, unharassed experience.
“Protecting children” my ass.
Far as I know, none of those laws are currently in effect in the USA.
One just recently took effect in the UK, but that’s the only one I know of.
I’m not in one of those states, but Google recently told me they couldn’t verify that I was an adult… for my business account that Google definitely knows is a business.
So they changed some of my settings, which basically amounted to them tracking me less and not personalizing ads for me. I think I’m just going to leave it. Apparently you don’t need to be an adult to run their business analytics or advertise with them or whatever. Somehow they seem to know that my personal account belongs to an adult. All my accounts are linked and under the same name, so I’m not sure why they can’t figure out the other two.
Hahaha, what a quandry. Either hand over ones personal id or not read an article through Google’s content-theft system which deprives the original article of clicks.
This person should feel bad for themselves, but is probably to stupid to understand it.
