They’re basically minimum-viable products that by design can be used to violate the law in California when the Act goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2027.
They’re basically minimum-viable products that by design can be used to violate the law in California when the Act goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2027.
It’s more about ad revenue. Advertisers don’t want to pay for bots to read their ads.
Ads were always a terrible way to fund the internet.
Not to rant, but some things are so cheap or so important (or both) that it’s foolish not to operate off an endowment system. The internet, journalism, science – the information foundation of the modern world has to be independent for a stable society. Like, yeah, capitalism bad and establishing an initial investment is asking a lot of people’s finances, but surely operating independently is worth it?
Because a bot can’t report an age?
We’re talking the goal. Actually implementing it successfully is another matter entirely.
You need to be thinking beyond just this law. Once you make it mandatory for all sites to use age verification, you then pass other laws to patch the holes in the system. Look at the DMCA. They made it a felony to bypass copyright restriction technology. They could write a law making it a felony to bypass age verification tools, even if you yourself are over 18. Just like it’s currently a felony to use technology to bypass copyright protection tools, even for media that you’ve legally purchased.
I agree. This is a slippery slope. We need to assassinate each person pushing this law, and everyone who votes for it.
Obvious fed is obvious.
See, talking about solutions just get shut down by people who don’t actually want solutions. If you think protesting and calling your bought-and-paid-for senator is ever going to change the world, you’re going to be very sad.
Well where’s your truck bomb, tough guy?
Truck bomb is a terrible choice lmfao. You want to kill innocent people? Yikes.