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The Ageless Device: Cheap gadgets for violating the California Digital Age Assurance Act (agelesslinux.org)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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They’re basically minimum-viable products that by design can be used to violate the law in California when the Act goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2027.

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[–] 13 points 6 months ago (4 children)

AB 1043 passed the California Assembly 76–0 and the Senate 38–0. Not a single legislator voted against it.

1798.503. (a) A person that violates this title shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation

This device does not collect, store, or transmit the age of its user. This is intentional.

Is there any reason to believe they won't want to make an example out of intentional violators?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I have serious doubts about any voters, anywhere in the world, repealing any laws like this:

    • Most people like laws that let them avoid responsibility
    • Most people are, or have been, parents at some point
    • Most parents will offload the responsibility onto "the government" instead of admitting to poor parenting

    This kind of act of insubordination, the way it is framed, I'm afraid is likely to meet the opposition of most people.

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