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This happens a lot in the USA, because of how much autonomy the states have. A lot of decisions are left up to individual states, and some states end up doing strange things and add all sorts of exceptions to their laws. Even basic things like sick leave aren't federally mandated (and only 19 or so out of the 50 states have mandated paid sick leave).
Sometimes it can be a good thing though... For example, California has the strictest privacy laws in the country (CCPA and CPRA, similar to GDPR in Europe), and Illinois has very strict laws on usage of biometrics (like fingerprints and facial recognition). Those would have been extremely hard to approve nationwide. Things that go well in one state often end up rolling out to other states too.
Dont hold up California as a good example of privacy when they're leading the charge in demanding OS level age verification...
By that same logic don't hold Europe up as a good example of privacy either despite the gdpr.
Like are you actually that stupid? Californias age verification thing is annoying yes, but cali is still one of the prime example of digital privacy and consumer protections in the world.
No where's perfect for fuck sake. You can't just ignore all the good cause one thing that hasn't even happened yet could possibly be bad.
I honestly am not sure where I'd stand on the EU as a good example of privacy. Unfortunately I don't think the GDPR has been effective in retrospect. They're at times hostile towards corporate spying, which is good. But, they're extremely bullish on state spying and policing social media. They're willing to outsource this to corporations sometimes too. It's pretty good, or some countries are, if you want to stay private from US corporate interests but when it comes to themselves the EU seems to think your right to privacy online is an obstacle for them.
It's not perfect, and I don't like the OS-level age verification, but in terms of privacy it's still far better than most other jurisdictions.