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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by pocksuppet on Saturday March 14, 2026 @09:50PM (#47383427)
These laws don't violate the privacy of every computer user. They say that a parent shall be able to mark a child's account as being under 18, and apps shall respect that.
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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by alpaca128 on Sunday March 15, 2026 @06:28AM (#47386008)
Assuming apps for which this is relevant respect users and specifically children in this day and age sounds naive. It's another free datapoint to collect, in the best case for targeted ads.

Meta seems to be behind a lot of lobbying for this and they're the kind of company who does nonconsensual psychological experiments on their users: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook...

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by pocksuppet on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:42PM (#47403800)
if they don't they'll be fined.
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