alt Hacker NewsIt's not called a uniparty for nothing. Vote red, vote blue, we're all gonna end up in the same place eventually, the only difference is the timeline (pretty interesting that the first states pushing this stuff are California, Colorado, Illinois, etc. -- not exactly who you imagine being concerned with "think of the children", is it?). All the bickering between the two parties is pro wrestling kayfabe at the end of the day.
Details matter. The California law and the others that seem to be modeled after it involves no actual age verification and no presentation of any identifying documents to anyone. It just requires that devices include a system that lets parents when setting up a child's device specify an age range and requires that things that need to check age use the range the parent specified.
This is the general approach that privacy advocates have said should be taken. It is just what I'd expect from a liberal state that has a record of trying to protect privacy but wants to address the issue of how to keep children from sites that are not suitable.