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Illinois Just Told Every Operating System to Start Reporting Your Kid's Age (feed.itsfoss.com)
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[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Look, it makes sense. If you're trying to convince a child on the internet to send you pictures or have sex with you, you want to know they're really a kid and not some FBI agent pretending. Having operating systems that report users ages and having a way for anyone to see that reported age for everyone online is a good practice.