Comment on Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age-verification bill and require parental consent for minors to download apps; the bill heads to the governor.

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• qprimed@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  definitions

  (5) “App store” means a publicly available website, software application, or electronic service that distributes apps from third-party developers to users.

  requirements

  (1) An app store provider shall: (a) at the time an individual who is located in the state creates an account with the app store provider: (i) request age information from the individual; and (ii) verify the individual’s age using commercially available methods that are reasonably designed to ensure accuracy;

  I dont see how any anonymously accessible repository legally escapes the account and age verification requirement without some sort of specific carveout.

  the wording of the bill seems terrible - their definition of “mobile device” and “mobile operating system” are just plain stupid an could apply to your laptop running almost any OS.

  I just did a quick parsing, but did I miss something in the bill that offers legal protection to non-commercial repositories?

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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I meant more that they wouldn’t comply with the law, rather than it wouldn’t apply to them.

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    • qprimed@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      totally fair, however I think these laws.should be treated as though they might apply and pushed back on appropriately. things have been weird for a while and are getting weirder.

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