New U.S laws designed to protect minors are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates to access online content, leading to backlash from users and criticism from privacy advocates that a free and open internet is at stake. Roughly half of U.S. states have enacted or are advancing laws requiring platforms — including adult content sites, online gaming services, and social media apps — to block underage users, forcing companies to screen everyone who approaches these digital gates.

  • architect@thelemmy.club
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    1 day ago

    Parents who care are doing that. The amount of parents who don’t give a fuck and will just put their id in for their kids to watch porn would shock you. Shit the amount of them that would sell their kids to sex slavery is higher than you probably think.

    Fuck this law they don’t give a fuck about kids.

    • undrwater@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      When I was younger, there use to be “public service announcements” on TV that provided education for the kids and adults watching.