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California’s Problematic Attempt to add Age-Verification to Software (hackaday.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Last year California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) was signed into law, requiring among other things that operating system providers implement an API for age verification purposes. With the …read more

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[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 1 points 9 hours ago

I have a solution FAR better than Zuck's..

Instead of pushing back on accepting responsibility (fuck you mark zuckerberg) for the toxic shit you created, maybe change the minimum age for FACEBOOK from 13 to 17.

HERES THE ISSUE: Age verification just means Facebook and other social media still get to keep creating and pushing addictive, destructive content, but now with "age appropriate" content. I don't believe anywhere Mark ever said they'd change the minimum age to use FB or IG so the age verification at the OS level would help stop inappropriate usage.

Now, these FUCKERS get to decide on what's appropriate for our kids?! Oh HELL no do I trust them!