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Yeah we definitely have. Here's me and another dev opposing AB 1856 (would have criminalized open source in the name of age assurance): https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hear…

> A joint statement by Buffy Wicks, the lead author of AB 2273, Jordan Cunningham, another AB 2273 author, and 5Rights Foundation states, “The Bill is practicable and realistic, dr…

This article puts it well: "Bad defendants make bad law". https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/everyone-cheering-the-so... I am not a fan of this case. The plaintiff suffered from s…

> In a past life I had to argue every year to renew a license for a profiling tool that cost about 20 EUR a month. I’ve heard since that everyone at the company is now getting a Cl…

> I'm not even sure what you are arguing against. I am against legally requiring devices to transmit a signal that the user is a child to websites. What I want instead is to handle…

> that solution has already failed. Yes, granted, a globally enforced whitelist probably wouldn't work. I'm referring to bespoke lists that parents control. I know plenty of parent…

> Parents can lock devices into "child mode" that emits "user is child" headers. Websites can then block. CA tried this with AB 1856. I wasn't a fan of this (neither was EFF) becau…

I dunno about the other states I feel like we need a better coalition lobbying California lawmakers about AI innovation because I feel like they're doing a lackluster job. For exam…

Giving the age verification mania the seriousness it deserves. I approve.

Kudos to EFF (especially Molly Buckley, Rin Alajaji), Oakland Privacy, and all the engaged FOSS developers who made this happen.

There is some bad science behind these laws: https://kidsplaytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Panic_Fi...

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The plan is to show up at the Public Safety Committee hearing on Tue June 30th. 8:30 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 Louis Rossmann and David from 3D Printing Nerd should be there.…

I'm glad EFF's people have the guts to fight this. This debate is very emotionally charged and I think many reasonable people are uncomfortable with the legal panopticon being cons…

Yes this is true. I should caveat that we distributed the tool among a team and we didn't want to ask them to all edit their daemon.json with an ever-expanding list of IP addresses…

My favorite use of this is peer-to-peer transfer of Docker images. The Docker CLI only allows you to use registries authenticated with HTTPS but there's an exception where it allow…

I hate this. It's understandable Anthropic would do this to limit their liability against minors getting harmed. Especially with laws like California's AB 2023 in the works, where …

> These laws exist because social media is extremely damaging to children There actually isn't much evidence of this. Most of the thrust for this hypothesis comes from The Anxious …

Agreed. The Heritage Foundation even admitted it when promoting KOSA: "Keeping trans content away from children is protecting kids." And I think a lot of this is projection from pa…

I wish we could just have microtransactions to buy access to individual articles at a time. Like physical news stands letting you buy a newspaper or magazine. There are so many tim…

I first used the contact form on their website and sent a written message so they have my position in writing. Since they might get a flood of written correspondence, I also called…

If you’re in CA, definitely leave messages for your state senator and assemblyperson. I already did and their staffers replied that they got the message. This and AB1043/AB1856 jus…

Honestly you're probably right, code is a better term. I copied that language from Colorado's SB26-051 bill which also has a FOSS exemption and they use the word "software". I'm no…

This is a potential loophole. Companies could have an "open source" OS but restrict installations like Tivo did in the 2000s (i.e. "Tivoization"). Or they could allow installation …

I appreciate this. In discussions with lawmakers, one point we try to get across is how damaging these age assurance laws to the economy and personal freedom, by scaring people awa…