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Goodbye device ownership, and the last vestiges of free speech will die with this bill as well. (www.govtrack.us)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] [S] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Assuming it isn't pushed through anyways behind closed doors.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Or, the bill fails.
    But all of its objectives get packaged attached to other bills that are actually required to be passed.
    So you get some random bill about the shape of car exhausts which suddenly requires OS providers to verify users ages

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