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angrychair

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9. Exactly

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #7)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:48 PM

12 hrs ago

Do you know what the Texas threshold and method is for age verification?
Does it create the framework for Texas to track their usage or what apps they are using and for how long?

For a state that bitched for decades about the risks of the "nanny state" telling us what we can and can't do to trying to control when what people access is one hell of a swing.

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Mississippi social media age verification law cleared to take effect [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

100% Agree with this hueymahl 21 hrs ago #1

Could not disagree more angrychair 19 hrs ago #6

Exactly, it's no different than banning children from owning and using cell phones to communicate. cstanleytech 13 hrs ago #8

Do you support age restrictions on smoking? pcdb 10 hrs ago #11

How do they verify age ? Srkdqltr 21 hrs ago #2

Surveillance state for magas to be surveilled. They don't know it yet that's what it means. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #3

And if the sites are located overseas out of the jurisdiction? cstanleytech 19 hrs ago #4

Does this include Untruth Social? mdbl 19 hrs ago #5

It's been state law in TX for about a year or so by now Torchlight 19 hrs ago #7

Exactly angrychair 12 hrs ago #9

Does DU qualify as social media u see this law? Johnny2X2X 11 hrs ago #10

Nice try, but most 13-year-olds know more about... LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #12