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California passes law requiring ID checks for all operating systems | Governor Newsom signs bills to further strengthen California’s leadership in protecting children online (www.gov.ca.gov)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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AB-1043 "Age verification signals: software applications and online services."

Text https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

Other info https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

California AB 1043 signed. Mandatory os-level, device-level, app store, and even developer-required age verification for all computing devices.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

sudo apt install apache2

do you have a valid drivers licence?

y

please type in your drivers licence number

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Written with the checkmarks emoji characteristic of AI...

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the blog post is just a summary of the official document - AI summary nevertheless.

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, I was talking about the blog post. I have no idea about the legal document itself, but I wouldn't be surprised if it used AI too.

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