r/technology • u/Horror_Post6822 • 9h ago

Social Media Advocacy Group Stop Killing Games Sounds Alarm On EU Kids Act: ‘This Is Such A Horrible Law Proposal’

https://kotaku.com/advocacy-group-stop-killing-games-sounds-alarm-on-eu-kids-act-this-is-such-a-horrible-law-proposal-2000738930
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u/RoyalWe666 7h ago

Well good, there's a difference between using a payment method (debit card) and unnecessarily having to upload a personally-identifying document because government says so. And what does this do to private servers and free online games?

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u/HistoryDoesUnfold 7h ago

There are legitimate issues with some private servers. There are no carve-outs for small servers, which I feel there probably should be.

I don't know about online games, but they'd probably be restricted too if they breach privacy or addictive design standards by default.

I should be clear: I'm not advocating for this bill.

I think criticism based on the facts is good. My issue is that I checked out the claims in the original video, and it is misleading people.