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California's age verification law is proving controversial — here's what you need to know, and why some Linux distros are in the firing line (www.techradar.com)

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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (17 children)

I’m going to be the contrarian here and say the bill is… good? It seems sensibly lax: The OS is required to ask for age, without external proof or requirement to share, and then provide apps who request it an interface to verify your answer.

I think taking the responsibility to verify age out of whichever dodgy data broker asks for it and unto the operating system itself, and ultimately the user if they lied, is a far better solution to the “problem” of age verification, which I don’t believe is going anywhere any time soon.

If you disagree please don’t be mean, I only just read the draft bill

[–] admin@scrapetacular.ydns.eu 6 points 1 month ago

If you read the draft bill, you're probably more informed than most people in the thread, plus the article writer, and some of the people who voted on the bill.

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