The law also limits what content minors can see online.
  • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
    14·
    1 year ago

    While 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.

      • marshoepial@lemm.ee
        6·
        1 year ago

        Or: ✅ 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@pathfinder.social
      4·
      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@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        The 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@beehaw.org
          1·
          1 year ago

          The 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.