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DFF is the non-profit organization at the origin of Software Freedom Day. Hundreds of teams around the world join each year to celebrate.

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Digital Freedoms
Digital Freedoms@digitalfreedoms·
If you've written a post, article or blog entry about #HardwareFreedomDay2026 or you're holding or attending an event, please share the information on social media with the tag: #HFD2026 How are you celebrating today?
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The Lunduke Journal
The Lunduke Journal@LundukeJournal·
4 reasons why a law enforcing "Age Verification on Operating Systems" is a terrible idea: - Will likely lead to bad actors obtaining more personal information (massive collection of personal data makes too tempting of a target). - Will likely lead to a reduction in Free Speech. (Could cause significant issues for both journalists and whistleblowers.) - Does the opposite of protecting children. It builds a national database of every child who uses a computer. A database which, if the past is any indicator, will be hacked and breached. Thus putting every child in the country in increased danger. - Forcing developers to create this feature would be a violation of Free Speech (see Junger v. Daley, & Bernstein v. United States which both hold that computer code is speech with First Amendment protections). In other words: The law would be illegal, harmful to children, harmful to software developers, harmful to Free Speech and journalism... and generally make people less safe. And that's just off the top of my head.
The Lunduke Journal@LundukeJournal

New Federal Law to Require Age Verification on All Operating Systems H.R. 8250 ("To require operating system providers to verity the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.") has been introduced in the U.S. Congress.

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Digital Freedoms@digitalfreedoms·
#HFD2026 is a great time to get together with people in your neighborhood & discuss topics such as Right to Repair, creating Makerspaces, reducing electronic waste & reusing old computers and/or what to do when there's an emergency like a power outage or the Internet goes down.
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Bhavani.py@Bhavani_00007·
name a browser better than brave I'll wait
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Digital Freedoms@digitalfreedoms·
Can you imagine your car or smart refrigerator asking for your age? That's exactly what new age verification laws being passed are requiring of all operating systems. Please contact your legislators and let them know what you think of these laws.
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Digital Freedoms@digitalfreedoms·
2/2 Even if you can't make an event this year, I hope you'll join in by sharing your thoughts on Free and Open Document formats on your social media accounts using #DFD2026. Thanks and hope you enjoy celebrating this year.
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Digital Freedoms@digitalfreedoms·
2/2 Please help by getting the word out about the importance of #FreeDocument formats on your social media accounts. How will you celebrate #DFD2026?
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Digital Freedoms@digitalfreedoms·
2/4 #librsvg is a popular #C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a lighter option. #sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a great alternative. It's used by #SDL_image & #FLTK projects & others. I would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks.
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