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Even outside of kids, I personally think that getting people used to sending over images of their ID documents to random websites is a really bad idea too, but...shrugs
California's new age verification law puts the onus on the operating system. When you install or setup your computer of device, you will be required to state your age, or the age of the child that will be using the machine. Sex offender App and Web developers are still required to demand the user's age before providing their services, and children will still be required to announce their minor-ness to P(a)edophiles.
But, California will not require photos or ID scans, so it's only the second worst of the three available options. The best option, of course, is to allow children to not tell potential pedophiles that they are kids.
Which is why it should never, ever be done that way. Have some trustworthy body that already has that info - a bank, the government, whatever - verify your age to them once, and have the websites ask those for a simple yes/no verification if you are an adult or not.
Because they don't actually need to know who you are, they just need to verify if you are over 18 or not.