I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age‑verification bills

Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by ori_b on Friday March 13, 2026 @10:14AM (#47364773)

If you want to avoid all pervasive surveillance, it might be wise to not mandate all pervasive surveillance in the OS by law.

In fact, I suspect adults, and not just children, would also appreciate it if the pervasive surveillance was simply banned, instead of trying to age gate it. Why should bad actors be allowed to prey on adults?

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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by gzread on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:29PM (#47367242)

Luckily some of these laws, which we're rallying against, make it illegal to pervasively surveil.

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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by ori_b on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:32PM (#47367278)

I must have missed that. Which of them prevent pervasive data collection on all ages?

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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by gzread on Friday March 13, 2026 @07:33PM (#47371437)

The California age input law says that the OS shall not give more data than necessary.

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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by ori_b on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:28PM (#47371913)

And what are the consequences for application vendors that collect more information, including after the age is collected?

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