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We urge anyone affected by this OS-level legal issue to write down notes to their local representatives and push for these laws to be repealed or replaced. #MidnightBSD needs them to get rid of these laws, especially those bills that are unconstitutional to the #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment. #DigitalFreedom #DigitalRights #NoOSSpies #Spyware #CyberSecurity #PrivacyFirst

Here is the age verification bill tracker, found in the official website of the advocacy group called the Free Speech Coalition (FSC). Beware of the "dystopian" #AgeVerification laws. So watch out for them. #DigitalRights #DigitalFreedom #PrivacyFirst

Age Verification Bills – Action Center

(action.freespeechcoalition.com)

Here is an article by @eff about the issues of #AgeVerification laws, affecting the parts of the US Constitution nationwide. #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #PrivacyFirst #CyberSecurity #NoAgeSignals #DigitalRights #DigitalFreedom

Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “age estimation” methods—before granting them access to certain online content or services.  Governments in the U.S. and around the world are increasingly adopting these restrictive

Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org)

If you really hate OS-level age verification laws during the ongoing backlash, causing the violation of parts of the U.S. Constitution like #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment, we encourage you to contact your state representative here and preserve #DigitalFreedom without spies.

Contact Your State Reps | Age Verification Legislation Opposition

Find and contact your state representatives to oppose age verification laws like California AB 1043, New York S8102A, and Colorado SB26-051. Make your voice heard on tech privacy legislation.

(contactrep.org)

How does a volunteer-run Linux distro comply with a $7,500 per-user fine? They can't. These "Age Assurance" bills are a death sentence for privacy-focused, open-source operating systems. Keep the OS neutral. #OpenSource #Linux #DigitalRights