other_cat@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agoSystemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linuxitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down19file-text
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The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.
minus-squarewhelk@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 day agoFor me at least, it’s less about the age field itself and more about the swift act of compliance with an absurd and overbearing demand
minus-squarelonesomeCat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·24 hours agoWhat is the alternative here?
minus-squareforestbeasts@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·23 hours agoNot implementing it and going “well okay don’t use it in California then”, for one thing!
minus-squarelonesomeCat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·23 hours agoI’m not an expert in law. But wouldn’t the maintainers be fined if an underage used it in California? Given that they can obtain it without any sort of location spoofing
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·22 hours agoNot an expert in law either, but I Am pretty sure, that they would not be fined.
For me at least, it’s less about the age field itself and more about the swift act of compliance with an absurd and overbearing demand
What is the alternative here?
Not implementing it and going “well okay don’t use it in California then”, for one thing!
I’m not an expert in law. But wouldn’t the maintainers be fined if an underage used it in California? Given that they can obtain it without any sort of location spoofing
Not an expert in law either, but I Am pretty sure, that they would not be fined.