The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

  • other_cat@piefed.zipOP
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    1 day ago

    They do use it in the title though (the title on this post was auto-generated from the article, I didn’t pick it out.)

    I agree with OP, it’s not really age verification in the sense we’ve been seeing in the news, but it IS a step in the direction of following the letter of the law without intrusiveness.