New Law Forces IMDB To Remove the Age of Actors on Request
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The governor of California signed a bill into law today that will make it illegal for entertainment websites like IMDB to post the ages of actors if that actor requests the information to be taken down. Needless to say, free speech advocates are outraged.
“Even though it is against both federal and state law, age discrimination persists in the entertainment industry,” California Majority Leader Ian Calderon, a Democrat, said when the bill first passed the California Assembly last month.
“Unfortunately, it is common practice for casting directors and producers to use web sites such as IMDb and IMDb Pro to access information about actors, which can contain age information that should not be part of the casting decision,” Calderon continued.
“Opponents of AB 1687 say it could have a chilling effect on free speech. This is highly doubtful as the bill seeks a narrowly tailored fix that applies only to subscription-based entertainment websites,” wrote SAG-AFTRA’s Gabrielle Carteris last month in an op-ed favoring the law.
It's illegal to post celebrity birthdays online but perfectly legal for the cops to shot and kill an unarmed citizen? Eesh.
There's many other non entertainment sites to get this info from so what's the point? Do they not know about the freedom of information act? Ban birth certificates!!!
The people who would discriminate against an actor or actress because of their age aren't going change their views because of this, it's just pointless
Who cares.