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The really daft and scary part was the idea that programmers can be fined if they write code that fails to query the user's age from the operating system and then take account of that age. I guess it might make sense in something like a commercially provided browser, but that would be nonsensical for most types of software. Again, it seems unenforcable in open source. How might it be applied in programs like 'fetch', 'curl' or 'wget', for example.
 
As I wrote above, IMO this is not a problem. Because the fine is "per affected child". If your program is console calculator without age check, try to explain how and when a child can see adult content using it.
 
jwillia3 said:
Finding the Mozilla Foundations name on the list of supporters is one of the more disappointing aspects of this debacle.
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Their doublespeak on protecting Internet freedom becomes even harder to believe when they've just delivered our key personal information into the hands of their so called opponents.
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I don't find the "doublespeak" at all surprising. They are after all a google funded operation of astounding hypocrites, focused on anything but the web browser and associated software projects which they were originally founded to provide support for.

I also don't believe that MS, google, Apple, etc are the targets of this - they are clearly the instigators. "Follow the money"... If every web user requires an "account" with any of the aforementioned in order to prove they are an adult, then it's quite obviously win, win for them.
 
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