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Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control.

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First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control.

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Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
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I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the transgender”). We have long cautioned about the dangers of these laws, and pointed out why they are likely to...
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    Such laws are guaranteed to fail in their written objectives. The intended objective is to lead idiots to believe they help.

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      idiots

      You include the people who voted for it?

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        That isn’t me. You are looking in a mirror.

        Again.

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          Oh uh.

          I’ve edited my comment to make it clearer

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