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Nick Doty

@npdoty@techpolicy.social
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I fight for human rights online. I work on technical standards. I like wildflowers. I take public transit.

previously:
@npdoty@twitter.com (2007-2016),
@npd@octodon.social (2017-2023)

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Nick Doty
@npdoty@techpolicy.social

I fight for human rights online. I work on technical standards. I like wildflowers. I take public transit. previously: @npdoty@twitter.com (2007-2016), @npd@octodon.social (2017-2023)

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Nick Doty
Nick Doty
@npdoty@techpolicy.social

I fight for human rights online. I work on technical standards. I like wildflowers. I take public transit. previously: @npdoty@twitter.com (2007-2016), @npd@octodon.social (2017-2023)

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@npdoty@techpolicy.social · Mar 02, 2026
@ireneista @jyasskin I think the more active fight, and the attention of many conservative activists, is pushing for laws with more invasive mandates. At the US federal level, for example, there's the Kid's Online Safety Act vs the Parents Over Platforms Act. Some laws do have more openings for aggressive interpretation, and ambiguities that might lead to overcompliance. Texas and others refer to undefined "commercially reasonable" verification methods, for example.
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I fight for human rights online. I work on technical standards. I like wildflowers. I take public transit. previously: @npdoty@twitter.com (2007-2016), @npd@octodon.social (2017-2023)

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Nick Doty
Nick Doty
@npdoty@techpolicy.social

I fight for human rights online. I work on technical standards. I like wildflowers. I take public transit. previously: @npdoty@twitter.com (2007-2016), @npd@octodon.social (2017-2023)

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@npdoty@techpolicy.social · Mar 02, 2026
@ireneista @jyasskin voluntary, user-selected age-range signaling seems among the less harmful of approaches, in that it doesn't require or enable much additional data collection, and gives guardians some discretion in what they signal. We hear from both parents and teens that they want those choices, and that they're creeped out by the ID and biometric verification mechanisms.
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I fight for human rights online. I work on technical standards. I like wildflowers. I take public transit. previously: @npdoty@twitter.com (2007-2016), @npd@octodon.social (2017-2023)

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Nick Doty
Nick Doty
@npdoty@techpolicy.social

I fight for human rights online. I work on technical standards. I like wildflowers. I take public transit. previously: @npdoty@twitter.com (2007-2016), @npd@octodon.social (2017-2023)

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@npdoty@techpolicy.social · Mar 02, 2026
@ireneista @jyasskin yeah the details of different bills and different approaches are significant, even though we might be concerned about the trend and its risks for privacy and free expression in all cases. California will require operating systems to ask the user to select an age range. Texas requires app stores to confirm age (with an identity check or some other system) and then pass on the age range to apps. UK and Australia mandate that every service do its own identity or age check.
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