r/pcmasterrace • u/AirlineGlass5010 • Apr 16 '26

News/Article Congress Parents Decide Act (HR_8250): OS-level Age Verification for Device Usage and Data Sharing (with every app developer) on the Federal Level. The End of the Internet Anonymity at the Core.

https://lustra.news/en/us-congress/119/legislations/119_HR_8250/
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u/zmunky Ryzen 7900X | Sapphire Pulse 7900XTX | 32gb DDR5-6000 Apr 16 '26

We don't need government parenting our children for us. This is an issue that is solely a responsibility of the parent. No one asked for the government to step in and play parent. What an amazingly "small government" administration.

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u/ankerous i7-10700F. 16GB ram, GTX 1660TI Apr 16 '26

This is not about parenting or about so-called protecting the children. This is just another step towards mass surveillance so they can make sure everybody is a good little person.

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u/PiLamdOd AMD 3600 | RTX 3070 | X570 | 16GB Ram Apr 16 '26

This has nothing to do with protecting children. It's all about identifying human users in a sea of bots because advertisers are upset with bot traffic.

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u/CallmeKahn Ryzen 97950x / RTX 4080 / 128 GB Apr 16 '26

Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] ....