Florida Law Will Require Age Verification for Social Media

[Gelston]

The new law will take effect in 2025. Would you send a copy of your ID to social media companies to create an account?

The definition of "social media platform" is below from the text of the new law..

The apparatus for online carding already exists. They've been doing it to prove military veteran status for years. They have expanded now because of ID verification requirements for porn in some states now too.

[ClydeR]

The apparatus for online carding already exists. They've been doing it to prove military veteran status for years. They have expanded now because of ID verification requirements for porn in some states now too.

Somebody will have to pay the third parties that process the cards. Surely, the age verification will be done by third parties, instead of the social media companies themselves. Who would want to give a copy of their ID to a small social media company that will go bankrupt in a year and then give their subscriber info to creditors? Third party verification will make social media more expensive to own or use.

I read a book, The Coming Wave..., by Mustafa Suleyman. Though not the main point of the book, I was struck by his argument that the creation of AI would mean that everybody will have to relinquish some of their privacy in the future. Regulation of the use of AI will be necessary for the protection of us all. Microsoft recently hired him to head up Microsoft's AI program.