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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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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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[–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

The bill targets "operating system providers" and it's called GrapheneOS. So yes, they would be subject to this law if they are based in USA.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They're based in Canada, and given their privacy-focused approach I can't imagine they'd implement such a feature.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They've already stated quite clearly that they will not implement age verification.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

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