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[?]Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 » 🌐
@Lazarou@mastodon.social

It seems US Congress wants computing out of the hands of people and in the hands of Tech Bros.
They want to kill FOSS with this new "Age Verification of Operating System" Bill

They are terrified of the Public, aren't they? Of what we can do.

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    [?]kuro 🇪🇺🔏 » 🌐
    @Kurosetii@mastodon.social

    EU AGE VERIFICATION APP HAS BEEN HACKED! THIS IS WHY AGE VERIFICATION WILL NEVER WORK ONLINE

    Source: reddit.com/r/privacy/s/fcKQSEj

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      [?]Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers » 🌐
      @majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com

      It's published, not passed!

      And, while it may seem tame in comparison to other state laws, its a slippery slope.

      US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published

      gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/us-o

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        [?]Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 » 🌐
        @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social

        US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/us-o

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          [?]Stop OS Surveillance Mandate » 🌐
          @stopossmandate@mastodon.social

          RE: mastodon.social/@stopossmandat

          As a reference to this feed, here is a news article about two bills that have officially been pulled after privacy concerns from public backlash and groups.

          aol.com/news/michigan-digital-

            [?]s1m0n4 » 🌐
            @s1m0n4@ohai.social

            @EUCommission

            For the record I never installed the Covid app you talk about in the link.

            And I am also a parent. There's a simple way not to have kids on social media: give them a dumbphone instead of a smartphone.
            And set up parental control on their devices.

            If you wanted to do something meaningful you should have regulated all services and telecom providers to include advanced rules for parental controls.

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              [?]James House-Lantto (He/Him) [(He/Him)] » 🌐
              @Theeo123@mastodon.social

              linuxiac.com/federal-bill-woul

              There is a new Federal bill being proposed, that would Force OS level Age verification For the entire US.

              Filed as H.R. 8250 on April 13, 2026, the measure is titled “To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.”

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                [?]Freezenet » 🌐
                @freezenet@noc.social

                Experts Banded Together to Condemn Age Verification. They Got Ignored

                It's yet another instance of how science gets routinely ignored in the age verification debate, but worth pointing out.

                freezenet.ca/experts-banded-to

                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                  'Serious concerns': leaders raise alarm over proposed government restrictions

                  calgaryherald.com/news/local-n

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                    [?]Freezenet » 🌐
                    @freezenet@noc.social

                    Liberals Turn Their Backs on Human Rights, Approves Age Verification Resolutions

                    The Liberal convention has passed both age verification resolutions, representing the biggest tech flip-flop since warrantless wiretapping.

                    freezenet.ca/liberals-turn-the

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                      [?]Em :official_verified: » 🌐
                      @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

                      When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means:

                      • Official identification of every adult using social media.

                      • Deanonymization of every account, endangering groups that often rely on pseudonymity for safety, such as victims of domestic violence, victims of stalkers, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people.

                      • Putting every adult at great danger of exploitation, fraud, and identity theft by forcing them to share their official ID with a for-profit third-party company with no incentive to protect it. Breaches have already happened.

                      • Constructing a system of mass surveillance to attach every comment on social media to a legal identity. Effectively allowing authoritarian governments to silence their critics and opposition.

                      • Potential for dystopian censorship and cutting off means of organization for groups of resistance to oppressive regime and organizations.

                      • Endangering children online by putting a clear identification beacon over every child or family with children online.

                      • Endangering the data of children who will inevitably try to pass as adults, and have their information collected by the third-party for-profit company.

                      • Diminishing the value of official identification due to the inevitable data breaches, eventually pushing the system to require even more intrusive identification techniques, such as iris scans and fingerprints.

                      • Installing a system of mass surveillance capable of attaching even more information to everyone's legal identity. With a potential to built list of people in certain groups, and scale-up state censorship and discrimination in unprecedented ways.

                      • The list goes on and on.

                      This isn't about protecting the children.
                      It never was.

                      Do not be duped by this excuse used to convince you to let go of your human rights. They are only trying to manipulate people lacking information.

                      Stay informed on the issues related to Age Verification, and push back for your rights to privacy and democracy.

                      The future depends on us.

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                        [?]Em :official_verified: » 🌐
                        @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

                        The horror of Age Verification is
                        arriving in Canada 🚨🇨🇦

                        Contact your federal MP and the office of the Prime Minister this week to tell them you strongly oppose the privacy-destroying and inefficient measure.

                        The time to push back is NOW: globalnews.ca/news/11797286/li

                        'Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that the idea “merits an open and considered debate in Canada,” although he does not have a settled view on it yet and said there were good points on both sides.'

                        Share educational resources with them on the dangers of Age Verification: eff.org/age

                        We do NOT want this nightmare in Canada. Fight back for your privacy rights! ✊🔒

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                          [?]Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome: » 🌐
                          @fosserytech@social.linux.pizza

                          This week's Linux and FOSS news:

                          LINUX NEWS

                          Manjaro lead dev plans to implement age verification, other team members don't:
                          forum.manjaro.org/t/will-manja
                          (Aragorn for Manjaro lead! lol)

                          Solus says they don't have plans to implement anything, but aren't sure if the laws affect them, they are monitoring the situation:
                          getsol.us/2026/04/solus-and-ag

                          Vipnix (a Gentoo > Funtoo > Macaroni-based, Systemd-free distro) rejects implementing age verification, excludes Brazil (their own country!) and California:
                          vipnix.com.br/site/livecd-vipn
                          github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesIt
                          (They are pretty brave that despite being a Brazilian company, they decided not to comply, respect to them. Idk if I would personally trust them though, because they include some Google and Cloudflare stuff in their website, but their stance is respectable regardless)

                          Mobian will do whatever upstream Debian does:
                          social.linux.pizza/@fosserytec

                          I made an age attestation/verification tracker to track which FOSS OSes (Linux, BSD, others) comply with the laws, which oppose:
                          odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4/Lin

                          Debian's APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support:
                          9to5linux.com/debians-apt-3-2-

                          You can now enable Ubuntu Pro from the OS setup tool:
                          omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu

                          Bazzite Linux gets some major upgrades for the April 2026 Update:
                          gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazz

                          Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS Released with GNU Linux-Libre 6.8 Kernel, MATE 1.26:
                          9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-lin

                          Deepin 25.1 launches with Linux 6.18, UOS AI upgrades, and new immutable system features:
                          alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/

                          TrueNAS 26 Beta Brings Linux 6.18 LTS + OpenZFS 2.4 Combination For NAS Devices:
                          phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-26-B

                          GParted Live 1.8.1-3 Released with Linux Kernel 6.19.10 and GParted 1.8.1:
                          9to5linux.com/gparted-live-1-8

                          (more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                            In rush for age checks, we’re putting kids’ security at risk

                            proton.me/blog/is-age-verifica

                              [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                              @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                              What are the alternatives to ?

                              proton.me/blog/age-verificatio

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                                [?]Freezenet » 🌐
                                @freezenet@noc.social

                                Governor Vetoes Age Verification Bill. He Was Called an “Extremist”

                                Wisconsin governor, Tony Evers, vetoed an age verification bill for all the right reasons. Apparently, that makes him an "extremist".

                                freezenet.ca/governor-vetoes-a

                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                  Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on

                                  arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

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