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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by heavyset_go on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:15AM (#47363404)
There are no laws preventing children from seeing R-rated movies with or without their parents, theaters implement that policy by choice.
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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by croes on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:31AM (#47363581)
Welcome to the world where many countries aren’t the US
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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by heavyset_go on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:41AM (#47363709)
The OP is about legislation and companies in the US
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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by croes on Friday March 13, 2026 @09:20AM (#47364082)
And parent is from the EU and talks about age control in general.

Does the US have a zero-knowledge proof system that is mentioned in the discussion?

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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by jfengel on Friday March 13, 2026 @11:12AM (#47365560)
Sort of by choice. Often, the municipality won't let you build a movie theater unless you pinky-promise to abide by the rating system.

They rarely enforce it, but if it gets out of hand, the city will start getting on your case about it.

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