alt Hacker News> Developers are still burdened with additional liability if they have reason to believe users are underage, even if their age flag says otherwise.
This is true, but
> The only way to mitigate this liability is to confirm your users are of age with facial and ID scans,
This doesn’t follow. It says “if” the developer has clear reason, it doesn’t obligate the developer to collect additional information or build a profile.
I read this as - if you in the course of business come across evidence a user is under age, you can’t ignore it. For example - “you have to ban a user if they post comments saying they are actually underage”
That would have to be litigated in court, and the easiest and cheapest way to avoid litigation is to do what all platforms currently do: make sure the person using their system is who they say they are via face scans and ID checks.
As a developer, that is not the kind of liability I want to take on when I can just plug ID.me, or whatever, into my app and not worry if someone writes "im 12 lol" in a comment on my platform.