FROM CIRCUMVENTION TO THE LIMIT, TO CIRCUMVENTION AS A LIMIT: AGE VERIFICATION AND YOUTH PROTECTION IN THE ETHOS OF CAPITALIST DIGITALITY
AFERIÇÃO E PROTEÇÃO INFANTOJUVENIL NO ETHOS DA DIGITALIDADE CAPITALISTA
Keywords:
Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA Digital), political economy of information, protection, ethics, shared responsibilityAbstract
The requirement for age verification in digital environments creates tensions regarding of access, use, and actions related to services and products from private platforms. This theoretical research analyzes the structural frictions of this process, investigating how the clash between technical barriers and youth digital agency exposes the limits of normative effectiveness and reconfigures socio-technical mediation. Methodologically, the study is classified as qualitative, exploratory and documentary research approach, examining the recent Brazilian regulatory landscape in light of Australia's pioneering case. The theoretical framework is based on the thought of Bernd Frohmann, Luciano Floridi, Maria Nélida González de Gómez, and Rafael Capurro. The results demonstrate that strictly technical solutions fail in child and youth protection when dissociated from socio-pedagogical mediation and shared responsibility. The essay concludes by emphasizing the urgent need for strategies capable of reconciling the protective scope with digital citizenship.