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gatlinyesterday at 11:37 PM3 repliesview on HN

If it must be ignored, then it exists. The bill proposes age verification. You may think the measures employed are weak or trivial, and I would agree, but the bill proposes age verification.


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wtallistoday at 1:42 AM

You seem to be operating with an unreasonably weak definition of "verification". What this bill is requiring is that app stores or operating systems ask for age information. Verification would mean doing something to verify the accuracy of the information provided, not merely receiving a response to the question. "Age verification" is not a synonym for "having age-based restrictions".

wredcolltoday at 12:25 AM

The bill attempts to move age related signals from sending a scan of your passport to facebook to your own operating system attesting something.

calftoday at 12:32 AM

Why do I keep proposing things but they fail to exist and I can't ignore my failures?