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BoomerKuwanger posted...

Porn sites have already had the "are you 18" box for a long time, though I don't know if that has been voluntary.

No, it's required. I recall a few years back someone making a comment on their blog, that due to the content of their site they had to stick a simple tick box with "I am over 18" to comply with the law and avoid being taken down.

This mess is more complicated and has very little to do with protecting children, and more to do with more accurate tracking of what an individual is browsing, reading, viewing. As already stated, "for the children" is a blanket you can't argue against, as people will think you're a pedo/monster even if the law straight up makes it ok to abuse children, because majority don't look past the "it's to protect the children" part.

If it passes, then don't be surprised when VPNs are targeted next. This will also probably boil down to the site level. Meaning if you want to make an account to browse reddit or pop onto a blog site to read about the color blue, you gotta let billy no mates have your ID, a VPN will just make it look like you're in iceland while using a ohio license. I may be mistaken, but I read a vpn won't even work properly on a mobile device, it'll just ping the cell tower.