<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Everyone should be reading this.#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Everyone should be reading this.<br /><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Linux" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FOSS" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OpenSource" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> </p><p>cwebber@social.coop - Well this is truly bad. US national level OS-level age verification bill. <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://www.</span><span>congress.gov/bill/119th-congre</span><span>ss/house-bill/8250/all-info</span></a></p><p>The text of it isn't out yet.</p><p>EDIT: Well the text is now out and it's as bad as you could imagine. It's not even just that you need to verify your age to access a website... operating systems must verify your age to let you *use a computer at all*</p><p>EDIT EDIT: Thanks to @Andres4NY for pointing out that it also holds responsible anyone who has any software shipped on the operating system of a computer, meaning FOSS developers eveywhere</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7c96cc61-4d00-4588-be61-43397209faf4/everyone-should-be-reading-this.-linux-foss-opensource</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 10:25:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7c96cc61-4d00-4588-be61-43397209faf4.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:19:29 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>