• RamRabbit@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age

    That part is good at least. It also makes the California law an exercise in wasting everyone’s time and money.

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      7 hours ago

      The law was designed this way specifically so that people won’t fight it as hard because it doesn’t provide any verification requirements. That bill would come later once the outrage over this has waned and the age gating becomes normalized in the local culture so that people just shrug off the verification requirement in the future.

      They’re not wasting any time or money, they’re just playing the long game.