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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.

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It's FOSS (itsfoss.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/441a877c-924c-4004-be10-b1e902e82e75/things-just-get-more-absurd-with-each-passing-day.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 10:35:36 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2026 15:28:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:08:24 GMT]]>@LanceJZ looks like it šŸ˜“

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsfoss/statuses/116448513508893324https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsfoss/statuses/116448513508893324Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:08:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:30:01 GMT]]>@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. šŸ¤”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116249643047063678/statuses/116417455846879844https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116249643047063678/statuses/116417455846879844Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:30:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:34:21 GMT]]>@anthropy @itsfoss

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/libreovergratis/statuses/116416765083724590https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/libreovergratis/statuses/116416765083724590Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:34:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:12:50 GMT]]>@anthropy @itsfoss but since its suppose to be on new account creation. Iā€™m on a rolling distro. My install was 4 years ago. āœŒšŸ»

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bitterseeds/statuses/116416208571830852https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bitterseeds/statuses/116416208571830852Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:12:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:39:37 GMT]]>@anthropy @itsfoss Or simply just don't comply.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://aleph.land/users/lambalicious/statuses/116416077981286580https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://aleph.land/users/lambalicious/statuses/116416077981286580Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:25:17 GMT]]>@itsfoss oops šŸ˜…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GOKUSHRM/statuses/116415549750679031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GOKUSHRM/statuses/116415549750679031Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:34:07 GMT]]>@bitterseeds @itsfoss just comply with pluto based regulations and create local forks for everyone who wants to comply

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.derg.nz/users/anthropy/statuses/116415348544426316https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.derg.nz/users/anthropy/statuses/116415348544426316Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:34:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:33:01 GMT]]>@anthropy @itsfoss Except for te fact that the rest of the world is busy censoring and collecting data as well.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bitterseeds/statuses/116415344219989676https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bitterseeds/statuses/116415344219989676Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:25:33 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.derg.nz/users/anthropy/statuses/116415314897199948https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.derg.nz/users/anthropy/statuses/116415314897199948Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:25:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:49:00 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/iam_jfnklstrm/statuses/116415171167062871https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/iam_jfnklstrm/statuses/116415171167062871Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:49:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Things just get more absurd with each passing day. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:35:01 GMT]]>@itsfoss of course this has nothing to do with age verification or kids, it is about collecting data on everyone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LanceJZ/statuses/116415116203629555https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LanceJZ/statuses/116415116203629555Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:35:01 GMT