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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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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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[–] Redvenom@retrolemmy.com 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Or you could install an non US OS

[–] gndagreborn@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We can't kid ourselves that it would stop with the US. It's too much of a low hanging fruit for governmental overreach.

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[–] ranoss@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It’s worth writing your reps!! There’s usually an easy way to contact them via their website

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[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It’s always about “protecting the children” isn’t it?

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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you go to house.gov they let you look up your rep by zip code. I’d point out that the data is almost certain to be subjected to a breach, which would expose way more sensitive data than usual to whoever wanted it.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

All my reps are Republican. They’ll throw my letters in the trash.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Start looking up freely available information about them on the internet and sending that to them. At some point they will start to recognize that privacy is important.

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