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bstacey@icosahedron.website ("Blake C. Stacey") wrote:
If I am correctly reading this bill that the Governor of New York just signed, teenagers can no longer legally edit Wikipedia. Websites are obligated to perform "age assurance", and minors are required to have their account defaults set to forbid other users from viewing or responding to media posted by a minor... which, is, you know, *impossible for an encyclopedia*. See pp. 49 ff of the PDF.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10008/amendment/original