i'm not a fan of the church. This pope has balls though - in fairness!
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A New Bill proposes Federal Age Verification on any Operating Systems in entire U.S https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info@nixCraft the *verification* user journey:
Age Verification -> Identity Verification -> Political Affiliation Verification -> Work Camp Verification
Tech is getting infinitely more powerful and invasive. Leaving a power vaccum to be filled by power hungry organizations that can't resist.
Ring of Sauron anyone?



The root cause has to be addressed...
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Age verification is a deliberate attack on system sovereignty, both for individuals and countries.If it's 'up to the parents' to raise their children.
...then why do the EU feel the need to get involved?
Best case scenario, this is taking a sledgehammer to a hangnail...
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New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/new-us-congress-bill-proposal-requires-all-operating-system-providers-to-verify-ages/@unspeaker @gamingonlinux lol.
someone told me you were a TERRORIST. Now hand over your private GPG key...

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New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/new-us-congress-bill-proposal-requires-all-operating-system-providers-to-verify-ages/@gamingonlinux how will this be possible in an open source operating system?
The relevant code will easily be bypassed or disabled. Gotta love #FOSS
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This is the key difference:
