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California age verification bill backed by Google, Meta, OpenAI heads to Newsom (www.politico.com)

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A California bill to check kids’ ages online is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, after it secured rare support from major tech giants, including Google, Meta and Snap.

The proposal, which would require device makers and app stores to verify user ages, cleared the state Assembly 58-0 in the early hours of Saturday with backing from Republicans and Democrats.

Google and Meta, plus other tech firms like OpenAI and Pinterest, rallied around the online age verification plan this week despite recently sparring over similar measures in Utah and Texas. They argue the measure from Democratic state Assemblymember Buffy Wicks offers a more reasonable solution and hope it becomes a de facto national standard for other states weighing mandatory age-checks amid bipartisan concerns about kids’ safety online.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Regulations only disproportionately hurt small businesses when we force the business to be the one auding themselves.

This also ignores the fact that we let big players skirt regulations because they pay off politicians.

A good system pays government auditors to regularly audit businesses and force compliance.