alt Hacker NewsNot that I'm condoning it, but this law requires self-declaration, not verification. It might sound pedantic but the practical difference is huge.
Self-declaration means that the system asks the user to declare if they are a minor. Nothing is verified.
Age verification typically means a system which checks ID or has other enforcement measures to try to verify age.
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that is the start of a lot of bills like this... they really only ever increase in scope and invasiveness.
Think of it like a foot in the door.
Everyone else is arguing slippery slope.
I don’t even get that far, the proper response to my operating system asking me if I’m a minor or not is: fuck you. It isn’t a harmless question. We aren’t friends, I don’t want an algorithm of news and content, it’s an OS.
I don't see the argument here. You can easily adjust the law to force verification.
You seem to assume that "this is now final, nothing will change after that". Why would you assume this to be the case?
It is a technical ratchet. Once you accept part of the implementation it will never be undone, more will be added.