House Committee Passes Child "Safety" Bills That Push National Age Verification
iamnothere
53 points
4 comments
March 08, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
throwaway81523
But Think of thE cHiLdren!!!
bigyabai
> The App Store Accountability Act adds age gating at the app store level Don't forget the corporations that valiantly fought against "sideloading" to ensure this could happen. Props to them and their supporters on HN, hopefully this is what you wanted.
westmeal
Unfortunately no one gives a shit besides a lot of us.
kelseyfrog
It's too bad a lot of the dissenting arguments sounded the same as those against wearing masks. It was an own goal that could have been avoided. What could have worked was a right to privacy, but by then the well had already been poisoned.