I mean... it's just been introduced
And according to this site it has a 1% chance of being enacted? What's that about?
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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Does me tapping my order into a self-service kiosk at a restaurant count as "using" the operating system that it is running on?
Like, I feel like this is going to be really difficult to enforce, and big business might actually push back against it if they think it will hurt their bottom line, but my god can we stop with this nanny state internet surveillance bullshit already? The government is too stupid to actually protect anyone with this dumb law because there will always be loopholes and workarounds.
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Goodbye device ownership, and the last vestiges of free speech will die with this bill as well.
The last vestiges of free speech always have and always will be offline.
It's gonna take a revolution to stop that bill from happening. Seriously!
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Sorry for this stupid question, for a non American like myself. What does this mean for you?
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kill your rights to device ownership and what’s left of free speech and expression.
I hate this shit as much as the next guy, but can we cool it with the exaggerations, please? There is no more free speech and expression in the US now because of this? What? When it comes to free speech, we're crying wolf at this point. I agree that this bill is terrible and a move in the wrong direction, but it's not exactly killing off free speech. I mean, come on. People can't take us seriously when we talk like this.
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