Okay, so let me preface this by saying, I understand that these folks have motives that don't align with my philosophy, and it's obviously an invasion of privacy and antithetical to a free society.
I get how the puritans will justify porn and dating apps, but why skincare?
It’s to start with, next will be Make up as the bill says cosmetics . It will be used to force children to dress in away only okay with their parents. They want to control their daughters, sons and trans kids presentation. I also would be surprised if it’s the start of anti crossing dressing laws
It say cosmetics that contain vitamin A, that will be the start as make up is considered cosmetics and Vitamin A is just the start, it a chip bill to set up for worst one. Like all the puberty blocker law for kids suddenly became 25 and then doctors getting sued if some detransitions
“California’s AB-728 mandates age verification for anyone purchasing skin care products or cosmetics that contain certain chemicals like Vitamin A or alpha hydroxy acids.”
NOT THE APPLES AND ORANGES!! YA GOTTA BE AN ADULT TO BUY DEM FWUITS KIDS
A lot of these “think of the children” advocates along with various politicians have lost their minds and are out of touch with reality when they introduce crazy shit like what’s mentioned in the article above.
Age Verification never works and will put people at great risk.
Add in the fact we had a 79 year old Senator (Blumenthal) who pushed for KOSA which failed last year.
Now we got Durbin who is 80 years old trying to nuke section 230 because his “think of the children” bill failed that had six cosponsors and now he’s throwing a tantrum.
Looking at the text of the CA bill, it lists "asking the buyer's age verbally" as an acceptable verification method. That seems totally fine to me in terms of privacy.
Though since the charge is on the retailer if violated, that may incentivize more invasive verification methods.
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I get how the puritans will justify porn and dating apps, but why skincare?
NOT THE APPLES AND ORANGES!! YA GOTTA BE AN ADULT TO BUY DEM FWUITS KIDS
Age Verification never works and will put people at great risk.
Now we got Durbin who is 80 years old trying to nuke section 230 because his “think of the children” bill failed that had six cosponsors and now he’s throwing a tantrum.
Though since the charge is on the retailer if violated, that may incentivize more invasive verification methods.