Discord specifically wanted to solve this by assuming everyone was a minor until they proved their age. Minors still have access to most spaces unless that space (or DMs with adults) was flagged / identified as adult-content.

This is a pretty clear counter example to your snowball fallacy.

> Age verification inherently requires identity verification.

Not necessarily. There are facial scan tools which make a guess based on visual appearance of the face. They aren’t perfect, but they might have error rates comparable to systems which require linking to government ID systems.

Looking back at this, I’m confused why my comment was a reply to yours. I suspect I used the reply link on the wrong comment.

I see the White House adopting the strategy that the Russian and USSR government / state media use frequently: change the narrative early and often, to the point where people don’t feel like they can ever know the truth.

The downing of flight MH-17 as reported by Russian media was instructive. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-m...

I also frequently refer back to why Russian language has 2 different words for truth: istina and pravda.