No.

[Edit] Actually, I take that back. If all data collection services in the USA can go 5 years without one single data leak, I'll consider it.

Prove yourself worthy.

This feels less like "protecting children" and more like pedophiles inventing a way to find more children to harm. Parents need to parent. Platforms need to moderate, with sane humans, not AI or stupid age gate laws that anyone under 18 can bypass.

from henceforth all the children that i may or may not have were born on Janurary 1st 1970

Weird how the way to protect children involves grabbing everyone’s ID instead of regulating social media.

kids=0;

we sure are getting close to someone's wet dream of having a dystopian hellscape where people don't have control over their computers

I'm interpreting the opposite. Currently, if I want my kid's user account flagged as belonging to a minor, I don't have that option. If I want my kid's user account treated differently online, I don't have that option. This bill gives me that option, and it gives me the option of turning it off if I feel like it, and it doesn't require me to provide any personal information to achieve that outcome.

I agree that exceptions should be made for open-source. But overall, this seems way less invasive than EU or UK age verification.

So, what am I missing? This is the same asshole that wants every round of ammo to have a serial number, so I know better than to expect reasonable and well-thought-out legislation from this administration.

K I'm 20, everyone is 20.