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Re:Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18 by warbler73 on Friday December 09, 2022 @12:54PM (#33924313)
> Most people satisfy the "two forms of identification" requirement

53% of US adult citizens have a passport as of 11/22. Most of them have a state ID as well. So yes, a bare majority of citizens will be allowed internet access.

I have never seen a library card or insurance card with a photo id that is accepted as id at all, much less valid id. Do you have examples and if so how common is this in Texas?

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Re:Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18 by Dalewyn on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:00PM (#33924403)
I don't live in Texas, and I did call library cards and the like informal.

Passports are easy to obtain and are not expensive[1] at all. If someone chooses to not obtain them, that's their problem and not mine nor anyone else's.

[1]: https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/passports/forms-fees/Pa...

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Re:Bill to ban social media for Texans under 18 by warbler73 on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:28PM (#33924746)
Why do you think people without passports (or uncomfortable uploading government documents to nearly every website they wish to use) should not be allowed to use those websites.
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