#AB1043’s Internet Age Gates Hurt Everyone
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone
EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They create unnecessary and unconstitutional barriers for adults and young people to access information and express themselves online. They hurt small and open-source...
Hey @linuxfoundation here is a plan under #California law #AB1043:
Sell a standarized, audited compliance module (libagesignal) to corpos. Put an #opensource "Age Signal API" standard. Sell signed the binaries and certification.
I'll bet corpos will lobby the hell out the law.
#FOSS #OpenSourceSoftware #FreeOpenSource #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #LinuxMint #Arch
I see the #California #AB1043 law as a troyan horse for #OpenSource support.
All "OS providers" should have in their license that its use under California law should be prohibed...
...and offer a paid license to cover maintaining the API for #AgeCheck. Make Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Oracle pay for using #Linux.
I can fucking guarantee you they'll lobby the hell out of the law the moment they are forced to pay something out of their books.
These unjust age verification laws will force more people into "piracy."
It reminds me of that Gabe Newell quote about "piracy":
"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/Valves-Gabe-Newell-Says-Piracy-Is-a-Service-Problem/
#Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #AgeVerification #GabeNewell #Steam #Valve #AB1043 #California
@bweller EXACTLY!
I'd call for active sabotage in cases like #AB1043…
@[email protected] OFC #AB1043 is just #Cyberfascism - like all *"#AgeVerfiication"* horseshite, and needs to be *actively sabotaged and subverted as a matter of principle*! - If I had more money than sense I'd propably go full [*"Raisin Bomber"*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin_Bombers) and just dump a shitton of #USB flashdrives with #Tails / @[email protected] / @[email protected] on over #Schools! - Cuz #FuckCyberfascism! #ACAB includes everyone wanting to collect #PII like IDs!
@pinjontall OFC #AB1043 is just #Cyberfascism - like all "#AgeVerfiication" horseshite, and needs to be actively sabotaged and subverted as a matter of principle!
Based as hell
#ab1043 is security theater at best and its architects do not give a *damn* about children's safety
This is genius. #AgelessLinux
Best FUCK YOU to the #California #AB1043 law.
#AI #CCPA #Private #Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy
#AB1043 ’s Internet Age Gates Hurt Everyone
EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They create unnecessary and #unconstitutional barriers for adults and young people to access information and express themselves online…And none of the available #ageVerification options are perfect in terms of protecting private information, providing access to everyone, and safely handling sensitive data.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone
EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They create unnecessary and unconstitutional barriers for adults and young people to access information and express themselves online. They hurt small and open-source...
EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They create unnecessary and unconstitutional barriers for adults and young people to access information and express themselves online. They hurt small and open-source...
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