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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by Bender on Monday May 25, 2026 @02:44PM (#48270201)
On the topic of 4chan [1]

Many sites will just set the header by default. Now you've created a problem.

I am not seeing a problem. Kids need not access those sites unless the parent or legal guardian approves it. Sites meant for children would not be adding the header.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47953096

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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by themafia on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:06PM (#48270445)
> Sites meant for children would not be adding the header.

Is Wikipedia "meant for children?" Should they be fully denied access to it? Should Wikimedia be fined if they make a mistake? If they get fined often enough do you think they'll just turn the header on everywhere in order to avoid risk?

Replace Wikipedia with any other mixed content site you prefer.

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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by Bender on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:27PM (#48270662)
Child specific sites would not add the header. Anyone else could. I add it to my hobby sites. Some porn sites already add it to their sites [1]. Shodan can't reach my sites.

Add it to any site not specifically meant for children, that is totally fine.

[1] - https://www.shodan.io/search?query=RTA-5042-1996-1400-1577-R... [ Follow Links At Your Own Peril ]

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