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US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed

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Re: US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed

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Post by Aurornis »

Text not available yet.

> As of 04/14/2026 text has not been received for H.R.8250 - To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.

> The Government Publishing Office (GPO) makes the text of legislative measures available to the public and the Library of Congress. GPO makes the text available as soon as possible, but delays can occur when there are many or very large legislative measures for GPO to prepare and print at the same time.

Re: US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed

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Post by siliconc0w »

carefree-bob wrote: post #17

I'd love to know which funds/wealthy individuals are bankrolling this rush of age verification mandates. It's certainly not a grass roots phenomenon.

Yeah it does seem to be a new 'thing'. I'm betting it's like the heritage foundation who figured out age-restrictions give them a new end-run around the first amendment. Started with porn (because who is going to defend porn) and now they're going to slide down the slippery slope.

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Post by Avicebron »

replooda wrote: post #18
sheept wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US is a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. You don't get to vote on specific federal policies, you vote on the people who vote for those policies.

Mark Zuckerberg and such?

Yes, it's called voting with your wallet. They are better at it that you or I presumably.

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Post by burnt-resistor »

Morromist wrote: post #2

Its going to be funny when there are married 17 year olds driving cars with guns and children but who can't install linux or access facebook without calling their dad. Why are so many bi-partisan bills so bad?

This is being pushed by dark money billionaire PACs and lobbyists all over the world. Techbro feudal lords demand total control, de-anonymization of users, and monetization of such data but sell it as "think of the children" "safety". It's also why Flock is popping up to bring Big Mommy while it's using taxpayer money to force privacy elimination and mass surveillance by continuously tracking innocent people.

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Post by RobertoG »

carefree-bob wrote: post #17

I'd love to know which funds/wealthy individuals are bankrolling this rush of age verification mandates. It's certainly not a grass roots phenomenon.

Also, it's not only in the USA. In Europe too, all at the same time. Don't worry though, it's just conspiracy theory that those things are related.

Re: US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed

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Post by burnt-resistor »

ipnon wrote: post #15
DiabloD3 wrote: post #4

I'm not sure who Josh Gottheimer of NJ is, but he seems to be one of those stealth "fake" Democrats. Too centrist to be a Republican, but also too centrist to be part of the DSA. He seems to also support H.R. 7540. I think the Democrats in his district need to seriously consider primarying him and replace him with someone that doesn't bend to foreign or corporate whims.

I really think left-right and honest-dishonest are useless dimensions to evaluate Congress members on. The job practically requires ideological fuzziness and truth stretching to get anything done. This is a feature: legislatures that require high ideological purity tend to become rubber stamps. DPRK is a good example.

You're bothesidesing and rationalizing a complete lack of integrity.

AIPAC money, PAC money, and gold bar bribe takers are definitely corrupt and need to be in prison.

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Post by varispeed »

Morromist wrote: post #2

Its going to be funny when there are married 17 year olds driving cars with guns and children but who can't install linux or access facebook without calling their dad. Why are so many bi-partisan bills so bad?

Because of corruption, sorry lobbying. Big corporations want the data.

Re: US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed

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Post by miohtama »

carefree-bob wrote: post #17

I'd love to know which funds/wealthy individuals are bankrolling this rush of age verification mandates. It's certainly not a grass roots phenomenon.

Here is a glimpse

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47530718

Here is some more breakdown

https://x.com/moo9000/status/2037184457069760717?s=20

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