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US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published
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This is bizarre. Why would they force people under 18 to verify their birth date, but if you're over 18 you can just enter your birth date with no verification?
Usually you only care about verifying the age of people over 18. What's this law trying to accomplish by only verifying children?
It's a path to knowing who everyone is, online.
Knowing who everyone is online is a path to accidental falls from third story windows for people who advocate for taxing billionaires.
🫢you could order a beer without consent of parents if you are 18
(European Sarcasm)