<story><title>New Arkansas bill to keep minors off social media exempts most social platforms</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/13/23681770/arkansas-social-media-bill-restricts-minors-parental-consent</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vhold</author><text>I think people may be overlooking a bigger story here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.arkleg.state.ar.us&amp;#x2F;Bills&amp;#x2F;FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB396.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.arkleg.state.ar.us&amp;#x2F;Bills&amp;#x2F;FTPDocument?path=%2FBil...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Reasonable age verification methods under subdivision (c)(1)
  of this section include providing:
  (A) A digitized identification card, including a digital
      copy of a driver&amp;#x27;s license under § 27-16-601 et seq.;
  (B) Government-issued identification; or
  (C) Any commercially reasonable age verification method.

  &amp;quot;Digitized identification card&amp;quot; means a data file available
  on a mobile device that has connectivity to the internet through a state
  approved application that allows the mobile device to download the data file
  from the Office of Driver Services that contains all of the data elements
  visible on the face and back of a driver&amp;#x27;s license or identification card and
  displays the current status of the driver&amp;#x27;s license or identification card,
  including valid, expired, cancelled, suspended, revoked, active, or inactive;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nverno</author><text>Yea that&amp;#x27;s BS.  I didn&amp;#x27;t have any ID till I was 16 and got a driver&amp;#x27;s license.  A lot of kids, like city kids, don&amp;#x27;t get one till years later.  Are they planning to create a new type of ID for children?  I wouldn&amp;#x27;t want my kids anywhere near social media either, but I wouldn&amp;#x27;t want to rely on the state to track and police their behaviour.</text></comment>
<story><title>New Arkansas bill to keep minors off social media exempts most social platforms</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/13/23681770/arkansas-social-media-bill-restricts-minors-parental-consent</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vhold</author><text>I think people may be overlooking a bigger story here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.arkleg.state.ar.us&amp;#x2F;Bills&amp;#x2F;FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB396.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.arkleg.state.ar.us&amp;#x2F;Bills&amp;#x2F;FTPDocument?path=%2FBil...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Reasonable age verification methods under subdivision (c)(1)
  of this section include providing:
  (A) A digitized identification card, including a digital
      copy of a driver&amp;#x27;s license under § 27-16-601 et seq.;
  (B) Government-issued identification; or
  (C) Any commercially reasonable age verification method.

  &amp;quot;Digitized identification card&amp;quot; means a data file available
  on a mobile device that has connectivity to the internet through a state
  approved application that allows the mobile device to download the data file
  from the Office of Driver Services that contains all of the data elements
  visible on the face and back of a driver&amp;#x27;s license or identification card and
  displays the current status of the driver&amp;#x27;s license or identification card,
  including valid, expired, cancelled, suspended, revoked, active, or inactive;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vhold</author><text>In particular I would like people to consider the implications of &amp;quot;state approved application&amp;quot;</text></comment>