Nothing can prevent this. Whether you are 10, 20, 30 or 80, you always
need to be on guard. Nowadays predators, or whatever you want to call
them, have enough tools to hide their nature. It is a 'battle' between
the 'good' and the 'bad'. Personally I do not want those checks that are
build in. They only bring Big Brother closer to our homes. Every barrier
will be passed in the end, it might even be by the 'good' of today.
I once was called by a guy that told me that my PC was hacked and that
he needed access to my computer. When I refused, he threatened with the
police because I was violating the law by helping criminals. I am still
waiting, after over 6 years, for the police to come. Laws do not make me
safe, they might help. The same goes with banning and age verification.
Both are certain to fail (in the long run). And what then? ID card in a
card reader? A sure way to disaster by ID theft.
Op 10/03/2026 om 14:47 schreef alain williams:
On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 01:21:13PM -0000, Bigsy Bohr wrote:
France recently banned social media for everybody under 15.
How this is being enforced is anyone's guess.
My other concern is (assuming that the ban really works) that children at age
15/16/... are suddenly allowed to use a social media of which they have no
experience, have not learned to recognise & deal with the bad things that the
ban protected them from ... will that not make them vulnerable to the bad
predators/... ?
