Post #2390395

2026-05-08 19:26 UTC

I shared this bill two weeks ago, and I&#39;m staggered that no one else I&#39;ve seen on Mastodon, or any other place online, has even mentioned it. It does indeed look like the law would require every American child and adult, parent or not, to verify their age with a third party just to power up and use their own computer or phone in everyday fashion. #AgeVerification #Apple #Microsoft #Google

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@Starfia@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 19:26

I've at least found a Change.org petition about it, signed it, and added a comment. https://www.change.org/p/block-or-reform-the-forced-compliance-act-bill-h-r-8250-parents-decide-act If you sign it or share it, please let me know. I'm still waiting for any detectable sign that anyone is even aware of this bill, or to show me I'm over-reacting or over-interpreting it somehow.

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@JigenD@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 19:29

@Starfia@mastodon.social The only place I've seen people worrying about this is in the open source AI community.

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@alexskunz@mas.to 2026-05-11 01:14

@Starfia@mastodon.social Thanks for beating the drum! I looked up H.R. 8250 and found a "Prognosis: 1% of being enacted" here: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8250 Early opposition won't hurt nevertheless!

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