New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages
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We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.

This appears to be part of the “Parents Decide Act” announced earlier in April by Gottheimer, as just one step in the process. So expect a lot more to come. Some bullet point plans from it:

- Require operating system developers like Apple and Google to verify users’ ages when setting up a new device, rather than relying on self-reported ages.
- Allow parents to set age-appropriate content controls from the start, including limiting access to social media, apps, and AI platforms.
- Ensure that age and parental settings securely flow to apps and AI platforms, so content is tailored appropriately for children.
- Prevent children from accessing harmful or explicit content - including inappropriate AI chatbot interactions - by creating a consistent, trusted standard across platforms.

Currently, the bill is only in the introductory stage so it hasn’t yet passed and become law, so if this is important to you in the US you may want to speak to your representatives.

Source [web-archive]

I am sorry, but isn’t it 99% not about “children protection” but general surveillance for everyone wrapped up in a “pretty” package that plays, again, on fears as the parenting and unforeseen future backed up with the “time-saving” features for those who are in a hurry within the same system?

  • Artwork@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I am sorry, but I never use LLM for my words, and I try omitting LLM-generated/formatted articles myself when noticed, since I do also have heartache whenever I see anything such.

    Meanwhile, it’s also painful to constantly recently receive these “you act like AI”, “you are a bot”, “you use AI/LLM” etc. just because I’ve been trying to format my messages since at least 2010 keeping references with human finite priceless time invested into…
    These recent comments devalue, defame, and basically disrespect you a human who just tries to keep it organized for others.

    It’s a dear sorrow since nowadays your attempts to stay accountable are getting ridiculed and devalued to void.

    I am sorry… for my formatting that cause you any trouble… but what can I do? The world won’t care, but some do still try formatting their words in public at least somehow, without these “lol”, “kek”… and some hopefully proper punctuation.

    Not to mention:
    - LLM-looking “em-dashes” I removed from the source (e.g. origin’s “…explicit content — including inappropriate…”);
    - Escaped list prefixes (i.e. \- instead of -) so to not cause Markdown render it with huge spaces between list items;
    - Created a web-archived version and noted in the source reference line between “[]”, just in case.

    Yet, who cares, right? You likely didn’t even notice.

    These comments… make you feel empty, regretful, and sometimes cause a headache I got when I read your comment with 2 other people calling me a bot today. Such an awesome time to live, indeed.

    Related:
    - https://lemmy.world/comment/21429322 (Nor will use any LLM in my work, art, or research… I prefer people, communication, discoveries, effort, creativity, and human art…)
    - https://lemmy.world/post/45344022 (“Unpolished human websites” ~ I want to read your words, your mistakes, your opinions, what’s on your mind…)