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Illinois's new law requires operating system providers to add age verification by 2028 including open-source projects
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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2026
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I don't think his argument is that we should restrict anything, more so that circumvention requires learning, and is a great motivator. I definitely can +1 this from my own youth. Learning how to bypass well-intentioned internet protections on school computers so I could play flash games sparked an interest in technology that I may never have discovered otherwise.
It's a weird internal conflict to know that my core is shaped by an experience I otherwise believe shouldn't exist in a reasonable society.