Parents Decide Act (H.R. 8250)
www.govtrack.us
To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.

So, OS-level age-gating is going federal, which will effectively kill your rights to device ownership and what’s left of free speech and expression.

Enjoy your free speech while you still have it because this is a clear attempt to erase that right.

SOPA never died, it just went into hiding until time to reemerge, and now’s that time, this is basically SOPA in a save the kids trenchcoat.

  • Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Being honest? Why I came here. And, frankly, I’ve been here less than a day and I love it more than I did Reddit. (Still figuring this place out, but yeah )

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      And, frankly, I’ve been here less than a day and I love it more than I did Reddit. (Still figuring this place out, but yeah )

      Welcome!

      Has anyone invited you to try Linux yet? (I’m joking. But Linux is pretty great now. Let us know if you’re Linux curious…)

      Edit: Also, we love Star Trek here, but we only fully agree on the old seasons and on Lower Decks.