US should first implement a national identifier that can be used for healthcare purposes before implementing age verification, that would be a lot more helpful.
US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed
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#102Looks like compelled speech to me, both for the operating system creator and the users. I do not believe that “interstate commerce” powers negate the first amendment.
Ever seen a giant warning on cigarette ads that nicotine is addictive? Do you think half the ad is covered by the black box out of charity?
Settled law decades ago.
On that note, today is April 15th, tax day. The day where if you don’t provide hard numbers about your life against your will and at your own expense, prison opens as a possibility.
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#103This is a stupid bill, but how is this an anti-LGBTQ issue?
discussion of sex ed / lgbtq topics often falls under obscenity laws or age filtering, so queer youth might not be able to read it anymore, is the general worry.
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#104This is a stupid bill, but how is this an anti-LGBTQ issue?
It isn’t, the author of the criticism is desperately trying to attach another issue to get people to pay attention.
It also doesn’t make sense a Democrat from New Jersey writing the bill saw it that way at all.
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#105This is a stupid bill, but how is this an anti-LGBTQ issue?
Anything that even slightly has to do with LGBTQ people will likely end up getting blocked from children’s eyes, while anything to do with non-LGBTQ people won’t.
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#106US should first implement a national identifier that can be used for healthcare purposes before implementing age verification, that would be a lot more helpful.
The US should first implement an equivalent to the GDPR that puts a stop to the ongoing abuses of the current identification systems. After we see that is working, then we can talk about increasing the technical strength of identification systems.
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#107Looks like compelled speech to me, both for the operating system creator and the users. I do not believe that “interstate commerce” powers negate the first amendment.
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#108I guess we'll be selecting Canada or Mexico at the country selection screen.
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#109Input age here:
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#110This did not take long, we all knew this was coming but I am surprised on how quick this appeared.
Lets hope they carve out exemptions for Free Operating Systems based upon revenue. But we know that will not happen.