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mistymermaid posted...

Figures. Protecting a few people, while having a chilling effect on others, is par for the course. We've been through this with the likes of the Comics Code.
But supervising the internet is on a much larger scale!

This protects nobody. Forcing users to give up their privacy online by giving sites their IDs in order to pass age verification only hurts them, as it heavily increases the chance of identity theft and things they have posted and viewed online will be used to alienate, harass and target them and their friends and relatives in the real world.

mistymermaid posted...

I'm not intricately familiar with KOSA, but these 'protecting the children' proposals have usually been a guise for bad things.

The goal to implement age verification on social media sites, with big fines to sites that don't implement it well enough. Problem is, their definitions on what makes a site social media are so vague and far-reaching that it'll effect the entire internet, and the requirements for the age verification are so strict that sites would have to force users to give their IDs to access them in order to comply with it.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

Don't we have a constitutional right to privacy? Hard to imagine this makes it all the way to being a law.

Since when have politicians actually cared about the Constitution?

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Fuck, so we can't count on him vetoing it if it passes...

mach25687 posted...

Doesn't it go House first then the Senate then the Presidente who if refuses to sign goes back to the House to change it? If that is the case I doubt the Demo Senate will pass this and the House already did. If I'm wrong please tell me.

A member of one US chamber of Congress can introduce a copy of a bill even before it finishes in the other. Regardless of how a bill is introduced, it must be reconciled between both chambers to be able to pass them and onto being signed by the president.

ButteryMales posted...

Once again only progressives can save us from the conservative Uniparty.

The co-sponsor of this bill is a Democrat.

WingsOfGood posted...

so what changes?

It would lock most, if not all, US-based websites behind your ID. You don't give them your ID, you can't access them, which is an obvious major invasion of privacy.

Zikten posted...

I am not sure. But they may actually have to demand ID from US citizens. I heard some people claim this could impact the entire world because a lot of the major sites are all in America

But then that runs into issues like privacy laws in places like the EU and IDs from other countries being different from American ones.

mach25687 posted...

I don't see this passing.

It's already expected to pass the Senate with all the support it's gotten from companies and senators. The House is probably our only hope, since I doubt Biden would veto it.

Zikten posted...

Literally every website on the entire internet will be blocked until you show them your proof of ID. You have to show your government issued ID to gamefaqs or you are done here. And any other site you want to keep using

I imagine 4chan will be totally killed by this law

How would this effect foreign sites that aren't based in the US, since this is a US law and the penalties for not following it wouldn't apply to them?

streamofthesky posted...

I guess it's too late at this point to send emails to our Senators and Rep that "I will NEVER vote for anyone who votes for this bill ever again"?

Go ahead.

Cheater87 posted...

How does this affect adults?

It'll turn the internet into a privacy nightmare as you'll have to give you ID to access sites like this.

lilORANG posted...

This the one where I have to upload an ID to browse the Internet?

Yep, that one.

Drunk_Cobra posted...

Did it pass

It's being introduced, but is expected to pass.

Seriously, nobody cares about this?

No word on the House yet. I'm very worried about it, as it's expected to pass the Senate...

s0nicfan posted...

I don't know how one would move a city, but it might be time to move the city. Or at least to start before all the water runs out.

Aren't Indonesia making a new capital because Jakarta is also sinking?

BlueBoy675 posted...

2D Sonic > 2D Mario
3D Mario > 3D Sonic

This.

DarthDemented posted...

You kidding? There's people constantly saying that oblivion is superior to Skyrim for one stupid reason or another. It's a great game, don't get me wrong, but grow with the times man. Accept that the next instalment of a franchise is going to keep some things, drop some things, and upgrade the rest.

Oblivion at least has color to it. Skyrim, on the other hand, came out right in the middle of the brown and grey era of video games, and it really shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkBaYJLYJBs

They probably beat him to death.

He use to be good until he stopped doing game reviews and focused on right-wing political videos instead.

ClayGuida posted...

What even is this? Younger sure, progressive? This is the most progressive Presidency in 80 years.

By not voting for shit like KOSA.

Is this shit even enforceable? How long before a lawsuit would force them to get rid of it?

What if you are not in the US? I thought this crappy bill died last year, as there was panic about it and that Section thing with SCOTUS, but it went quiet.

Who?

Isn't that place currently literally on fire?

Didn't Biden already sign something that prevents Trump from pulling the US out of NATO?

Edit:Just saw the post above me.

When I saw the topic title, I thought you meant traffic traffic, as in cars.

Apparently, Putin made Tucker wait 2 hours for the interview: https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1756383078170099714?s=20

Already a topic on this: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80693521

Jak & Daxter.

Also, he does realize the US would be forced to fight against Russia in this scenario due to Article 5, right, especially since Biden signed an executive order or something that prevents the US from leaving NATO?

Where are all the people who were sounding the alarm bells about WWIII now?

Apparently, it has boosted it in the conservative space, according to ssb_yunglink2's topic.

1337toothbrush posted...

They were going to support it no matter what. One of the funnier talking points I've seen is (while referring to that senseless rambling he calls a history lesson) "Biden wouldn't be able to talk in such depth about a topic "

Yeah. In fact, Putin humiliated Tucker and prevented him from asking questions multiple times in it, but they didn't care.

Isn't Tuberville the one behind Project 2025? Why can't he get the boot?

Bleuets posted...

I actually enjoyed Tooie more than the original, though I love them both.

This.

CoyoteTheGreat posted...

They reversed course because they expect the Republicans to take power and know there will be zero consequences for them.

What will they do if the Democrats stay in power, then?

Raiden2909 posted...

You really got to laugh at this whole situation.. The game should have honestly died in development years ago but due to i think some weird reason that i recall hearing about they cant just cancel this probable bomb of a GAAS

The government of Singapore will fine them if they don't release it.