Open post GratDelay @gratdelay@woof.group · 3mo ago Replying to @aphyr@woof.group Illinois HB5511 just passed both chambers and is headed to Governor Pritzker for signature. My reading is that by January 1st, 2028, any "public or semipublic web site" "used by a covered minor" "shall request... an age bracket signal" for any user that visits the web site. Our ToS bans anyone under 18, but there just... isn't any standard way for a web site to obtain age assurance information. I don't know what will happen if no standard emerges in the next 18 months. https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB5511/2025 @aphyr@woof.group Will the bots swamping the web have to prove they are over 18 years old?
Open post GratDelay @gratdelay@woof.group · 3mo ago Replying to @coda@fiasco.social @aphyr@woof.group This reminds me of the Seahouse, a weird monastery in Ian M. Banks’s _Against A Dark Background_, one of his non-Culture sci-fi books. @coda@fiasco.social @aphyr@woof.group Came here to say this!