Identity verification/age verification/age gating
More on the implementation/methodology side of the topic. Age gating laws/reasoning/discussions: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections…
Online anonymity/pseudonymity
“There's plenty of research in this topic area that shows hate speech doesn't decline when real-name policies are in effect, in fact usually the inverse, and the diversity of people contributing to conversations decreases” — bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5w4eqcxzw5jv5…
Collection
Updated 3mo
Strictly non-bot verification without submitting personal information, e.g. CAPTCHA
Robin Berjon (@robin.berjon.com)
Quit Persona (by あ) — Semble
Why the EU age-verification tool does not solve privacy concerns
Security researchers claim Persona, the provider behind Discord's UK age verification 'experiment', performs '269 individual verification checks' on user data, including those for terrorism and espionage
Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.
Research - Disqus
What’s in a name? A forward view of anonymity online
Anonymity and Online Commenting: The Broken Windows Effect and the End of Drive-by Commenting
Anonymity, Pseudonymity, and Deliberation: Why Not Everything Should Be Connected
Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names
Real-Name Policies: The War Against Pseudonymity