Things just get more absurd with each passing day.

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

Things just get more absurd with each passing day. 

Oh No! Now A Federal Bill Wants OS-Level Age Verification for Everyone in the USA

If passed, the bill would apply across the U.S., unlike the state-level laws already around.

It's FOSS (itsfoss.com)

#ageverification #linux #privacy

[lancejz@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss of course this has nothing to do with age verification or kids, it is about collecting data on everyone.

[iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizza]

@itsfoss fck the us - put a geo block on downloads (pepl will go around, but that's not the maintainers prob). Let them work their way to 1984 without taking the rest of us down with them. Let them have the MS/Palantir os over there

[anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz]

@itsfoss maybe we should just make forks of everything so you can borderline comply with USA regulations and leave the rest of the world be

[bitterseeds@fosstodon.org]

@anthropy @itsfoss Except for te fact that the rest of the world is busy censoring and collecting data as well.

[anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz]

@bitterseeds @itsfoss just comply with pluto based regulations and create local forks for everyone who wants to comply

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss oops

[lambalicious@aleph.land]

@anthropy @itsfoss Or simply just don't comply.

[bitterseeds@fosstodon.org]

@anthropy @itsfoss but since its suppose to be on new account creation. I’m on a rolling distro. My install was 4 years ago.

[libreovergratis@mastodon.social]

@anthropy @itsfoss

Because compliance is what Microsoft would do.
Don't be Microsoft.

[unitarybennu@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss
Absolute silence from governments about data brokers... It's almost as if they don't really care about "the children" and only want to keep track of those criticizing power structures.

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

@LanceJZ looks like it