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emily
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In the u.s there is some hope against age verification. In some states like Ohio the courts had actually ruled that social media age verification to be blocked as unconstitutional. However this likely doesn't apply to every single state in the u.s.
The worst of these laws were actually made in specific states, such as Texas where they would prevent usage of downloading even basic apps like calculators on app stores without age verification and parental consent, that wasn't just about nsfw and social media sites, this was branching into general content. blocked by courts thankfully. I could only imagined if that were to reach there u.s states.
In the u.s regarding legality the worst a website likely would have to age verify for would be ai chatbots, not safe for work focused websites and apps. In my state there are zero enforceable social media age verification laws so when I see a site still asking for age verification, which is generally a global regulation thing. (which I'm not against globaliation when actually beneficial to people.) But when it comes to forcing people to submit an id or face scan and risking getting your id stolen especialy when your location has no such law. That is a problem.
One important note, these apps and websites make a lot of money off your data. So they'l use terms like "global regulations" in their terms of use (Sony did this recently with psn as a real example.) because they probably want that info to make more money off of your data. Also so they don't get sued for saying it was a direct law related to a specific location. Because if your actual state didn't have such a law and they acted like they were enforcing it but you didn't actually have that obligation or law where you lived, that could be potentially libel. You can kinda see how they make that work.
The worst of these laws were actually made in specific states, such as Texas where they would prevent usage of downloading even basic apps like calculators on app stores without age verification and parental consent, that wasn't just about nsfw and social media sites, this was branching into general content. blocked by courts thankfully. I could only imagined if that were to reach there u.s states.
In the u.s regarding legality the worst a website likely would have to age verify for would be ai chatbots, not safe for work focused websites and apps. In my state there are zero enforceable social media age verification laws so when I see a site still asking for age verification, which is generally a global regulation thing. (which I'm not against globaliation when actually beneficial to people.) But when it comes to forcing people to submit an id or face scan and risking getting your id stolen especialy when your location has no such law. That is a problem.
One important note, these apps and websites make a lot of money off your data. So they'l use terms like "global regulations" in their terms of use (Sony did this recently with psn as a real example.) because they probably want that info to make more money off of your data. Also so they don't get sued for saying it was a direct law related to a specific location. Because if your actual state didn't have such a law and they acted like they were enforcing it but you didn't actually have that obligation or law where you lived, that could be potentially libel. You can kinda see how they make that work.