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Age attestation (edited) is the law now in California. Noncompliance can mean stiff penalties. If you don't like it, write your Congressman.
by bitwize 8mo ago
Age attestation (edited) is the law now in California. Noncompliance can mean stiff penalties. If you don't like it, write your Congressman.
- rockskon 8mo ago*attestation, not verification
- gzread 8mo agoWhich means an OS must have a parental controls API, and that's all if means.
- rockskon 8mo agoNo it doesn't. It might lead to that someday, but it isn't that far yet.
- gzread 8mo agoThat is literally what the California and Colorado laws say. Have you read them?
- rockskon 8mo agoHave you? To my knowledge they require the OS to have an API for websites and services to access a determination of the age range from. This is a far cry from the breadth of what a "parental control API" would entail even if it would be part of such a thing.
- gzread 8mo agoIndeed. It's basically bool AreParentalControlsEnabled(); The way you enable them is by the root user typing a number less than 18.