To the shock and surprise of abso-fucking-lutely nobody who has Bern paying attention.

Oh so me, a 43 year old man being forced to provide ID so I can use discord and access 18+ games on Steam to protect kids online, hasn't protected kids online?

If we provide one more datum to the ad networks it might just work!

I suppose this is just a statement that is being put out so more broader and privacy invasive measures can be put in place.

And so they double down... These regulations won't stop until the open internet has been reduced to toddler content only, and all users, regardless of age, being required to compromise on their psuedonymity; in order to get some use out of it. Because surely an iPad kid playing a PEGI 18 game ("Call Of Duty") should be able to expect an age-appropriate experience...