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New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages
We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Nicole Parsons
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •#TranslatedFromTheRepublican
"State surveillance software becomes mandatory so tech companies can abdicate their responsibilities to public safety.
They bought corrupt politicians and get rewarded with tax cuts, government contracts, and impunity. "
Jeff Clough
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •It's going to be awful, and go far beyond what the states are mandating, if I read his official announcement correctly.
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RELEASE: Gottheimer Announces Bipartisan โParents Decide Actโ to Protect Kids Online
Josh GottheimerMilly
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •""
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#surveillance #privacy #humanrights #zionism #uspol #tech
Israeli tech billionaire Shlomo Kramer urges Americans to 'limit the First Amendment,' sparks outrage
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •How do they define "operating system"?
You know DOS still exists ๐
And how old is "root" user?
Dr. Quadragon โ
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •Susanne Lilith
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •how will this be possible in an open source operating system?
The relevant code will easily be bypassed or disabled. Gotta love #FOSS
#linux #ubuntu
Kevin Karhan
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •this #Cyberdascim NEEDS TO END NOW!
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •Here's Josh's livestream of the announcement, I think it doesn't have enough comments
youtube.com/live/21Ao9ExQaAA
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •Koen Hufkens, PhD
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •As @gamingonlinux well knows, this is already happening to UK users, thanks to the OSA. We've already lost access to simple services like Imgur. Giphy/Tenor can't be far from introducing some sort of checks either.
To be honest, if we MUST have age verification, I'd rather verify once with my OS vendor (likely based on account age) than for every single app/service/API.
It's the timing that baffles me...
Orion Ussner kidder
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •Luna Lactea
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ • • •We all knew this day was coming, over a decade ago we knew it. They intend to make it impossible to organize either online or via the mail, or via phone.
All of it is scanned, monitored, and attached to identifying phone numbers, physical addresses, and IP addresses already.
This new law is just to scoop up the last remnants of independent computing.
The revolution will not be online.
Arcticulate
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