Comment on Victory! California Bill To Impose Mandatory Internet ID Checks Is Dead—It Should Stay That Way
QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
We’re celebrating too soon.
Looks like a law (SB 976) requiring ID verification for social media is heading to Newsom to be signed into law (but hopefully will get shut down?).
The exact kind of verification required isn’t explicitly stated in the bill and would be up to Rob Bonta (CA Attorney General) to decide.
Of course Bonta uses the classic “think of the children, approach”:
Bonta, on the other hand, encourages the public to think of the welfare of children at risk from social media addiction.