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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 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 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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[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

still have no idea how they will implement this, with phones that can be rooted or running something like lineageOS or others.

But in any case, I am glad I am not from the US.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 2 points 24 minutes ago

with phones that can be rooted

... for now. Samsung removed the ability to unlock the bootloader in an update.

And yes, there are other options. But Google is also cracking down on the openness of Android. I certainly can't take the ability to root as a given.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 hours ago

The EU is pushing very similar things...

Literally Meta has been caught paying people through shell orgs all around the world to pass this kind of legislation.

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

But in any case, I am glad I am not from the US. Windows is made in the US. I wouldn't be surprised if they push this crap to the rest of the world too. Same with Android and IOS.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

We need to start planning the transition now! Keep a burner device for internet, and the rest of your devices offline.