Governor Newsom signs bills to further strengthen California’s leadership in protecting children online | Governor of California
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    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      Most dystopian “child safety” bill. Let’s not legitimize the claim that these laws are made to protect children while having privacy-invading side effects - they are privacy-invading laws disguised as child protection, while failing to have any real impact on children’s online safety and wellbeing

    • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      I’m not sure anything this repressive is implemented anywhere in the world.

      Edit: wait this is the other half of the thing everywhere else is doing that would make this nightmare shit.

      • ICCrawler@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        The only thing that I can think of is how China regulates it’s online gaming.

        What is China’s Age Verification System?

        China’s Age Verification System or 游戏适龄提示 in Chinese, is a government-mandated infrastructure that restricts minors’ access to online games and digital platforms. In China, all users must undergo “Real Name Verification” (实名认证) before accessing gaming services, enabling platforms to enforce age-appropriate restrictions automatically.

        The system is overseen by the National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) and integrates with national databases to verify user identities in real-time.

        https://appinchina.co/blog/the-complete-guide-to-chinas-age-verification-system/

        The move to do this was largely in part thanks to complaints of parents in regards to their kids’ habits with gacha games. For anyone interested, what I posted was a small excerpt from the link, there’s a lot more info on it there.

          • ICCrawler@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            It is similar, not the same. Some other key differences to consider are that while the US one is at the OS level, it’s just asking you to provide an age that isn’t linked to your ID or anything. It’s just like when a website asks your age, you can absolutely lie about it. But now it’s being done on the OS account, not the website.

            Whereas, yeah, it is just for games in China, but it is absolutely being run against the person’s ID in a national database. Some games even require facial recognition. So it’s on a whole other level of verification and tracking.