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Child safety bills are reshaping the internet for everyone (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google has recently started telling me that they don't know if I am >18. But I have been using Google for way more than 20 years.

So, Google is incapable of counting to 18? :-)

[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe they think your parents made this account for you before you were born

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If they did that should still be allowed. Despite the fact that I know it's not allowed and against their TOS.