This appears to be part of the “Parents Decide Act” announced earlier in April by Gottheimer, as just one step in the process. So expect a lot more to come. Some bullet point plans from it:
- Require operating system developers like Apple and Google to verify users’ ages when setting up a new device, rather than relying on self-reported ages.
- Allow parents to set age-appropriate content controls from the start, including limiting access to social media, apps, and AI platforms.
- Ensure that age and parental settings securely flow to apps and AI platforms, so content is tailored appropriately for children.
- Prevent children from accessing harmful or explicit content - including inappropriate AI chatbot interactions - by creating a consistent, trusted standard across platforms.Currently, the bill is only in the introductory stage so it hasn’t yet passed and become law, so if this is important to you in the US you may want to speak to your representatives.
Source [web-archive]
I am sorry, but isn’t it 99% not about “children protection” but general surveillance for everyone wrapped up in a “pretty” package that plays, again, on fears as the parenting and unforeseen future backed up with the “time-saving” features for those who are in a hurry within the same system?
If it’s called “parents decide” why they implement it as “government and corps decide”? 🤔
I’ve been talking about this “CEOs should think as parents” thing for years now. It was seen in a good light back then.
I can’t wait to verify my age to all 14 operating systems in my car. My Traeger grill has an OS. So does my router. Does a bare metal super loop count as an OS? It did in my undergrad operating systems class. Do I need to verify the pilot’s age for all of the operating systems in an F35? Who supplies the ID for the OS in an ATM?
Thank GOD! FINALLY I’ll get a Chance to give the Epstein Class my CHILDS personal Information!
Another lie at the altar of protecting children. They could give a fucking rip about kids, dimmest timeline ever.
Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech
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- Allow parents to set age-appropriate content controls from the start, including limiting access to social media, apps, and AI platforms.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t most, if not all, OSes have these capabilities already? Parents already don’t use them, what is supposed to make me think they’ll suddenly start using them if only there was another law mandating them?
Well it’s called the “Parents Decide Act” and these things usually have opposite effects from the name, so I’m pretty sure that it’s actually going to end up being a small handful of puritans deciding what’s appropriate for everyone else’s children.
Who is this legislation for? Third party “verifier” companies make tons of money, data brokers make tons of money selling info on which users are minors to advertisers and pdf files, fascist government gets “Total Information Awareness”, corrupt government officials make tons of money, … so much winning! so much money to be made!
Well the MP who brought the bill forward has said people who criticise Israel should be imprisoned.
Exactly what this legislation is ultimately for, and what all those giant data centers are really going to be for. Takes a lot of storage to monitor all your citizens.
You forgot the “religious fanatics get to shove their religion down other people’s throat”.
Stuff like that is making me unironically anti-theist.
This is stupid to do this at the OS level. Where are the small government conservatives demanding the private market meet this need? (They are liars, fools, and scumbags who don’t sincerely believe what they say)
So, more people learning to compile kernels eh?
Unless the parents decide they want to preserve their privacy of course. What about non-parents? Why do parents get to decide for us?
“parents” ≈ “adults”. The whole “think of the children” argument is a red herring anyways, but if you see how they are using it and which specific metaphorical levers of information control they are pulling, you can make more informed choices. At least I think that’s the point of the article.
Well, as an adult I don’t want this shit in my OS at all. It serves no purpose for me other than to compromise my privacy. This legislation doesn’t leave that as an option.
“Patents decide” is a very thin veil around the personal data grab this really is. If parents so decide, they are perfectly capable to set up the correct ages for their children without handing any sensitive data over to bog tech. And if they decide to not care about age restrictions, they could still use their personal info to verify as adults on their children’s devices. This bill only benefits those, who can collect even more data then
Hate it, but I honestly think this will pass. Most people won’t even notice as Windows already requires an email, so this will probably just add some sort of take a picture of your face thing. The concerning issue is when this leads websites to be able to request the identity of users. Huge chunks of the internet will basically die for anyone who cares about privacy. Linux users can ignore a lot of this, but linux will remain in the minority on all devices, and when most websites plus government websites start using it to access papers and such things… yeah then even linux users will have to figure out a work around maybe scrapers or something… It’s dystopian.
You won’t be able to access any restricted sites without an age code.
Windows does not require you to verify your age.
The people that push these laws must be shoved into a solitary confinement for the rest of their lives.
They should just name is “save all the children and you are bad person if you don’t support this” act
Fuck you, Peter.
Ah yes, another bill named after something it doesn’t actually do, for people who can’t actually be bothered or are unable to understand technology in order to restrict their kid(s) access anyway.
