EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California's AB 1709

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Post by mdp2021 » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC

EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California's AB 1709
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Re: EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California's AB 1709

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Post by ahfds-qzgd » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC

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Post by falsemyrmidon » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC

ahfds-qzgd wrote: post #2

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Idk, they've always had a techno libertarian streak. This seems on brand to me.

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Post by nickslaughter02 » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC

Gavin Newsom the governor who signed the original OS level age-verification law?

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Post by ReptileMan » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC

ahfds-qzgd wrote: post #2

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Even if you are right about that, age verification is greater evil than the teens doomscrolling. With age verification anonymity is impossible.

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Post by neilv » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC

ahfds-qzgd wrote: post #2

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The article mentions legitimate and important objections, and seems to reflect the public interest.

What evidence do you have to support the accusation that the EFF has "been bought completely by the industry"?

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Post by nullpoint420 » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:31 PM UTC

neilv wrote: post #6

ahfds-qzgd wrote: post #2

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The article mentions legitimate and important objections, and seems to reflect the public interest. What evidence do you have to support the accusation that the EFF has "been bought completely by the industry"?

I’m assuming the same way Mozilla was bought by the industry. Indirectly through a network of interests.

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Post by chrisweekly » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

neilv wrote: post #6

ahfds-qzgd wrote: post #2

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The article mentions legitimate and important objections, and seems to reflect the public interest. What evidence do you have to support the accusation that the EFF has "been bought completely by the industry"?

Don't feed the trolls

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Post by falsemyrmidon » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

neilv wrote: post #6

ahfds-qzgd wrote: post #2

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The article mentions legitimate and important objections, and seems to reflect the public interest. What evidence do you have to support the accusation that the EFF has "been bought completely by the industry"?

Probably also worth pointing out that they made that account to leave that comment

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC

ReptileMan wrote: post #5

ahfds-qzgd wrote: post #2

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Even if you are right about that, age verification is greater evil than the teens doomscrolling. With age verification anonymity is impossible.

You aren't anon online and you never were. It's a public network. You have the illusion of anonymity.

It's wild to see how fanatically we defend an illusion.