Kwakigra ( @Kwakigra@beehaw.org ) 30•1 year agoWhile I know why the Texas government would want to make sure children are exposed to nothing but official state propaganda, hopefully an unintended consequence of this is to put a massive hole in the monopolistic mainstream social media userbase since the uncontrollable web including the fediverse would be the only alternative in these states.
cjones666 ( @cjones666@lemmy.world ) 25•1 year agoI get the sentiment but I’m sure the execution will be ineffective at best.
Wilshire ( @Wilshire@beehaw.org ) 21•1 year ago✅ Are you 18 years or older?
marshoepial ( @marshoepial@lemm.ee ) 13•1 year agoOr: ✅ are you a parent who gives their child permission to access this site?
This reminds me of those website ads that’d tell you to ask your parents first.
Thebazilly ( @Thebazilly@pathfinder.social ) 10•1 year ago…How is this even possible to enforce? Are they going to make websites collect scans of everyone’s ID like what PornHub was protesting?
Perdendosi ( @Perdendosi@lemmy.world ) 6•1 year agoThe social media provider must “verify, using a commercially reasonable method” the person’s identity and the relationship to the minor.
You cam do that through credit card probably.
chickpeaze ( @chickpeaze@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year agoThe identity sounds easy enough (if a bit invasive). The relationship… the kid’s birth certificate? A health insurance card? A stat dec? A cheek swab? That’s a lot of effort for a parent, and will they really want to turn those details over to a social media site?
It probably will be just a tick box.
average650 ( @average650@lemmy.world ) 9•1 year agoI think most parents would allow it anyway.