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He said exactly the same thing I said: laws like the California one that don't require age verification are fine.

what is the point of the OS asking

Because for the purpose of securing kids accounts, it doesn't make sense for the kids to enter their ages themselves each time they create an account at a new website.

Tell me how it can be used against me. It doesn't give out any information beyond what I let it give out about me, and that information (an age range) is derived from information I get to make up. Remember, the California law doesn't require any verification of the age data that is given to the OS.

Companies are already required to ask if their users are kids because, among other reasons, there are laws against creating ad profiles for kids, and companies have been sued for doing this even accidentally. The California law just changes how they're required to check if they're a kid from asking them at account creation to asking the OS at account creation, where the parents have set the age for them when the OS account was created. It gives the company checking if they're a kid no more information than they had before. I agree with Havoc8154@mander.xyz that this is totally reasonable.

This particular federal bill, on the other hand seems closer to the Florida bill in that it requires some form of age verification instead of just accepting what the parents enter when creating the OS account. That is unreasonable. Complain to your representative, and we'll see how it gets amended.

What you're asking for is exactly what the California law provides, and I agree that it is reasonable. This bill seems to be closer to the Florida bill in that it requires some way to verify age, which is unreasonable. Let's see how it gets amended.

Unlike laws against making guns, this law applies to printer sellers, not to their users.

Because ~~nonsense~~ I know that throwing a punch won't solve the problem, will gain sympathy for the attacked, and will put me in jail. Smart shit.

if you're too much of a feckless hand-wringer to do anything to defend your community from predators.

Unlike you, I do things that work instead of just putting myself in jail. I was lucky to grow up in a household with education and without violence, so that's why I'm more likely to make correct decisions.

the will of the people is ignored

News to me.

your advice

is to call for his resignation, raising embarrassment until he does. I'm active in local politics, so I know what works. It's the people who aren't active in politics who think action movies have all the answers. Rand Paul is still in office. Tony Gonzales will not be.

Whatever you say, Batman. Are you the one who's going to deliver the punch?

Plenty of other countries have more vigilante justice and still have corrupt leaders, so clearly that doesn't work either. Maybe instead work to make your government better. In a democracy, it represents the will of the people.