I know it’s probably bad form to link to reddit posts here (but I’ll use redlib to it’s slightly less shitty lol) but there was actually a pretty interesting thread on r/Linux about this the other day. tl;dr: It looks like a lot of this is due to lobbying from Meta so they can shunt responsibility for age verification onto the OS and dodge fines for not regulating their sites properly.
While I can’t comment on any case law surrounding compelled speech. I don’t thing that this would qualify as compelled speech.
Just based off a quick web search it seems that compelled speech is more about the government telling news organizations to report what they tell them.
Whats up with these sudden age check laws being introduced everywhere?
I know it’s probably bad form to link to reddit posts here (but I’ll use redlib to it’s slightly less shitty lol) but there was actually a pretty interesting thread on r/Linux about this the other day. tl;dr: It looks like a lot of this is due to lobbying from Meta so they can shunt responsibility for age verification onto the OS and dodge fines for not regulating their sites properly.
Governments wanting to identify and regulate speech under the guise of protecting children
The California law does not require age verification. Only attestation. From what I have heard the Colorado one is basically identical.
The NY one I have heard is more stringent. But I have not read that or the Colorado one.
Still a 1st Amendment violation, no? Compelling speach
While I can’t comment on any case law surrounding compelled speech. I don’t thing that this would qualify as compelled speech.
Just based off a quick web search it seems that compelled speech is more about the government telling news organizations to report what they tell them.
It’s part of the tech bro mass surveillance oligarchs and Israel tightening the freedom of speech noose worldwide
Hit everything at once, cause confusion and anger, distract from Epstein files and rising prices.
it’s a checkmark on a politicians career without them having to do anything real
there’s many issues politicians will rally under if they see that it’s minimal work + huge virtue signaling potential (think of the children ! )
Facebook is lobbying them so they don’t have to do age checks on Instagram and can maximize the revenue
Oh yeah why put age checks on a service when we could just put it on the whole freaking operating system?
Just a coincidence, don’t worry about it!
Literally Israel