635

I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills (www.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

99 comments fedilink hide all child comments

God, I hate posting a Reddit comment, but this is huge. Every claim is sourced (I have not verified personally).

Edit: Well, Reddit does what reddit does, it's been removed. Here is a github link: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/985257

Comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] graycube@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago

I deploy hundreds of docker containers every day that run general purpose operating systems. These bills seem dumb at a fundamental level regardless of the terrible privacy implications.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 16 points 1 day ago

And then some kid buys a used raspberry pi or wipes an old computer and circumvents it all anyway.

this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026

635 points (99.5% liked)

Linux

12798 readers

328 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system (except the memes!)

Also, check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Ategon@programming.dev

anzo@programming.dev

dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev