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It's very unclear to me which specific paragraph A-E would be triggered by the act of publishing writing about food or music on a personal blog. Perhaps if I ke

by nimih 4y ago

It's very unclear to me which specific paragraph A-E would be triggered by the act of publishing writing about food or music on a personal blog. Perhaps if I kept detailed metrics about my users and discovered a significant number were children, it would be different, but I certainly don't do that. Based on that data, I'm pretty comfortable not changing any piece of my own personal website in response to this legislation. Don't get me wrong, this looks like a garbage law and I truly hope every California resident is writing or calling their elected representatives to complain about it in specific and excruciating detail, but acting like every nerd's low traffic weblog is putting them at risk of civil action from the State of California strikes me as somewhat hyperbolic and misleading.

Alupis 4y ago
C, D, and E are killers. (C) An online service, product, or feature with advertisements marketed to children. Run ads on your site? Dead... (D) An online service, product, or feature that is substantially similar or the same as an online service, product, or feature subject to subparagraph (B). Have some element on you site that is similar to any other site that might target children? Dead... (E) An online service, product, or feature that has design elements that are known to be of interest to children, including, but not limited to, games, cartoons, music, and celebrities who appeal to children. This literally covers anything in the world you might talk about. Remember, "Child" is defined as someone 18 or younger... which is a huge and broad category that encompasses all interests and topics. Take a look at Michael Dominick's SE blog: https://dominickm.com/ https://dominickm.com/ The home page alone violates all of the above. Lastly, "Business" is not defined here, which is odd since these consumer protection laws always define explicitly who they apply to. I have extensive experience with P65 and ADA compliance - so vague laws like this one really scare me. The only saving grace here is there is no Citizen Enforcement provision - ie. the AG has to bring suit. Which also means voluntary compliance will be low until the AG makes an example of a few unlucky website operators...

by nimih 4y ago

Alupis 4y ago

C, D, and E are killers. (C) An online service, product, or feature with advertisements marketed to children. Run ads on your site? Dead... (D) An online service, product, or feature that is substantially similar or the same as an online service, product, or feature subject to subparagraph (B). Have some element on you site that is similar to any other site that might target children? Dead... (E) An online service, product, or feature that has design elements that are known to be of interest to children, including, but not limited to, games, cartoons, music, and celebrities who appeal to children. This literally covers anything in the world you might talk about. Remember, "Child" is defined as someone 18 or younger... which is a huge and broad category that encompasses all interests and topics. Take a look at Michael Dominick's SE blog: https://dominickm.com/ https://dominickm.com/ The home page alone violates all of the above. Lastly, "Business" is not defined here, which is odd since these consumer protection laws always define explicitly who they apply to. I have extensive experience with P65 and ADA compliance - so vague laws like this one really scare me. The only saving grace here is there is no Citizen Enforcement provision - ie. the AG has to bring suit. Which also means voluntary compliance will be low until the AG makes an example of a few unlucky website operators...