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And I said elsewhere that I'm not okay with IDing users that way (though I'd absolutely love if we banned porn entirely). However, a lot of social media sites have specialized kids' accounts. In cases like that, those accounts should be legally exempt from algorithm manipulation and given special privacy defaults.
As far as I can tell, THAT is what this bill is doing.
That's what they say it does. What it really does is make sites responsible for "harmful content" shown to minors
It's all completely vague. You say it just affects the kids mode accounts... The bill doesn't say anything about that. It doesn't provide any guidance on how to properly comply, just like the porn id laws.
You can't assume the government is going to use this for what they say they will. You have to look at what this would let them do as written
Ultimately, this gives the government censorship powers over what is allowed in the "open" Internet, and to IDs users in the "adult" Internet
And if that happens, I'll oppose it. But as far as I can see, that's not what's happening.
It'll be a bit late then.
I know how compliance works, and this is setting off all my alarm bells, and the EFF and privacy community agrees... This has truly horrifying implications
If you're going to let human rights be further erroded because it came in a pretty explanation, not much I can do. But when the next patriot act comes back to bite us, remember one thing... When they say it's about the children, it never is