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@LundukeJournal There's already a civil petition signed by thousands to bring senate discussion to repeal this law, due to freedom (and other) concerns, though as usual it's unlikely this matter will receive the attention it deserves let alone be repealed.

Brazil's Age Verification Law is in Effect! Only a few hours in, & already a wild ride. - Brazil monitoring 37 companies for compliance, including Canonical (Ubuntu), Valve, & more. - Rockstar Games & Arch Linux 32 restrict access in Brazil. - System76 bans users for asking about age verification.

@Pirat_Nation More AI slop. Everything we ever needed. Wow...

This genuinely ruins the art direction. Thanks, NVIDIA.

@AyakaMods What's worse is that when a leak inevitably happens and people's most private info gets exposed, all the government will do is shift the blame to the company while pretending that's their issue. They won't down from this.

🚨 JUST NOW 🚨 NexusMods has introduced Age Verification for Brazil users due to new Brazil laws. At AyakaMods, we will never ask you to provide ID verification.

@RedEagleAnon @WallStreetApes Because those who learn from experience die without teaching their next generation not to repeat their mistakes. Only few do, but few isn't enough to prevent future reoccurrence.

@WallStreetApes Why can’t people learn from history? Like why? Why as a society are we this dumb? Socialism and communism does NOT work. Full stop.

Pay attention to this America, Democrats want Socialism which leads to Communism Shark Tank businessman Robert Herjavec explains how his family was forced to flee communism in the middle of the night “In a communist country, what happens is if you make more money than the guy next to you, guess what the factory does? It takes your money away. Everybody makes the same amount of money. So my dad would go to bars and say bad things about communism and they threw him in jail. So my dad was in jail 22 times and the last time he went to jail 22 times — and the last time he got put in jail, they said if you come back, you will never come back. — So literally my dad in the middle of the night escaped from jail — he grabbed my mom and I, we had one suitcase and we crossed the border to Italy. Had enough money to get a ticket on a boat, called the Christophero Colombo, and ended up here”

@Sonny32954 @BasilTheGreat You don't have a cop in your back seat all the time recording your history to use against you whenever they feel like. Nor when you go make any transactions. Your point is irrelevant and make you sound unintelligent. Learn what the web really is before speaking.

@BasilTheGreat Sounds like the Masked criminals are way ahead of the Government as they are already doing this, so you believe we should do nothing. Unmask the criminals

Rupert Lowe RIPS APART Digital I.D He's spot on with every single word Say NO 🚫to Digital I.D WE DO NOT NEED THIS

@bee_fumo Politicians only ever all agree on one thing: money. This kind of push makes it very apparent, yet hard to prove. Only citizens stand to lose.

someone traced the all the non profit grants for the age verification laws old.reddit.com/r/linux/commen…

@Pirat_Nation This helps more in regards to limiting advertising/recommendation power for such games than actually limiting access to them. That's the real win. Lower age rated games get way more eyes on them (these companies value that), attracting a bigger audience.

Starting in June 2026, PEGI will update its age-rating rules in Europe. >Games with paid random items like loot boxes, card packs, or gacha systems will automatically receive a PEGI 16 rating. >Social casino-style mechanics will push titles to PEGI 18. >Limited-time purchases such as battle passes may qualify for PEGI 12. ion features.

@Anarseldain @elonmusk No company owner/executive or politician/whatever will fight this fight for you, me, or anyone else. They don't gain anything by going against this. It's onto all of us to act if we feel misrepresented.

If @elonmusk cares about free speech, cares about the West, cares about the Internet, cares about America, then he will use some of his vast fortune to oppose these insane, dystopian laws that seek to turn America into a police state like England.

Every attempt to institute digital ID has resulted in massive leaks which made young people significantly less safe and exposed their private info. The goal isn’t safety, it’s censorship – for example, in Utah, where Mike “Mass Immigration” Lee wants digital ID laws which would strip anonymity from his detractors. The problems and panic making digital ID seem like a reasonable solution literally all result from trans people grooming children. We’re going to end up stripping the internet of the last thing keeping it free, all because society refuses to do something about the grooming cult operating in plain sight.

@AGJamesUthmeier Watch these very same politicians request exemption from this just for themselves soon as to not expose their own dirt online.

The time for negotiations is over. Tech companies have 30 days from today to implement age restrictions on social media access for kids under 14. Within 60 days, parental consent must be in place for 14- to 16-year-olds.

@BananaFan10 @Pirat_Nation You are nearsighted and make no sense. This has never happened. This is not about protecting kids and it protects no one. Anyone with the minimal understanding of how tech works can tell that, but it's clear you lack such understanding. These are convoluted and flawed law.

@cryvous @Pirat_Nation Come back when things that already happen already happen again? So you don't want kids protected because of a reality that already happens? Just leave kids alone dude

New York’s proposed S08102 would force every internet-connected device to run mandatory, device-level age verification using biometrics or government IDs. This isn’t just about kids online—it builds a permanent, trackable identity layer across the entire internet.

@LBC Explain how harvesting some of the most privacy invasive data on all adults and offering that to big tech and then legaly punishing adults for having a discussion online is somehow not about free speech but to protect kids (what's always been parental responsibility).

'They don't care if it's porn, self-harm, suicide... As long as they keep you online.' Tech companies' resistance to regulation 'isn't about free speech', Baroness Kidron argues, it's about keeping you addicted.

@BananaFan10 @Pirat_Nation Come back to reply once some criminal gets his hands on your ID and face and uses it for fraudulent activities under your name. It will happen and by then it'll be too late.

@Pirat_Nation We don't care, protect kids and stop doing weird stuff online if this bothers you

@Harley1Davids0n @carygolomb You mean US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Germany, France, and more to come. No country can agree on the important subjects, but on this matter they all suddenly want the same thing.

@carygolomb The US is the country of morons. On the other side of the pond the average American has been considered dumb for many years now... There is no bigger proof of this stupidity other than what's happening right now in the USA.

And just like that. Everywhere, all at once, age verification for all operating systems. One of the building blocks for a digi I.D.

@lordbitememan @carygolomb @18dixiedean78 Once this gets passed and proved ineffective, they can more easily tighten the law, leading to more invasive practices against your privacy, such as Digital ID.

@carygolomb @18dixiedean78 If I might talk everyone off the ledge here for a moment. They’ve essentially just moved the “You must be 18 click here” button to the OS. So, just lie and say you’re 100.

@Reuters Your government can't even win a lawsuit now against big tech. It certainly won't either when big tech lets your face and ID get leaked to criminals. Only you lose in all this.

Governments worldwide are ramping up efforts to keep minors off social media. An identity-verification company is testing scenarios teenagers may use to appear older than they are

@HouseCommerce This will create a permanent tracking record of your history that will easily be used against you and your loved ones as soon as your world view doesn't align with theirs.

App stores should be held to the same standards as their brick-and-mortar counterparts. Age verification measures for app purchases are common sense solutions to give parents oversight of their kids' online experience. The App Store Accountability Act does just that, helping put parents in charge and protecting kids' privacy online.

@TheMG3D Minor typo. It's spelled degenerative AI.

The bubble is popping

@approject @SpeakerJohnson @HouseCommerce So amazing that literally no one is happy about this.

🚨AMAZING NEWS. The SCREEN Act and the App Store Accountability Act have advanced through the House Energy & Commerce Committee. We are one step closer to a federal age verification standard to protect children online. Call the vote, @SpeakerJohnson!

@HouseCommerce Stop lying. Common sense is having people be good parents. Limit kids internet usage like parents used to do with TV. Don't give them tables. Use parental control. Teach kids not to trust strangers online. When parenting gets exported to anyone but the parents, society has failed

The KIDS Act is a commonsense bill. It protects the safety and privacy of minors online and empowers parents, all while holding Big Tech accountable. Every single Democrat should join @HouseCommerce Republicans today in voting for this bill and getting it one step closer to being signed into law.

@HouseCommerce Accountable for what? Parental incompetence in taking care of their kids? All parents I know never had this "issue" because they know better.

House Republicans are committed to keeping America’s children safe. That’s why tomorrow, @HouseCommerce is marking up the KIDS Act, requiring safety by default, empowering parents, and holding Big Tech accountable.