Mastodawn

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@atoponce/116255862979155448

JFCONAPOGOSTICK

if am in nyc, why would i have to comply with a stupid California law? I DON’T. there is a reason CA lawyers cannot practice in NY state. there is no correspondence with their state bars.

so how is systemd even going to work this out? am i going to be geolocated? this doesn't make sense at all from a legislative POV ―unless you are being palm-greased by Gates/Zuckerberg dark money, out to kill FLOSS & democracy.

FLOSS devs need a National Lawyers Guild corps of tech lawyers.

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George B

@blogdiva

The nice thing is that so far all of those laws are on the honor system.

Users need to provide a birth date but there are no penalties for putting whatever date or for the OS not verifying it.

However we definitely need to fight back hard before those things do make it in, check out this horseshit if you haven't seen it yet:
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S08102&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y

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Josh

1d ago

@gbargoud @blogdiva I believe that with the CA law, you don’t even need a birthdate, just current age. So fairly minimally invasive, but also fairly minimally useful.

But this is all very stupid. If we need to prove our age to be able to use a computer that might theoretically allow us to see age inappropriate material, then we should need the same assurances to leave our home, turn on a TV, or open our eyes in an uncontrolled environment.

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George B 1d ago

@josh0 @blogdiva

It's also giving everyone additional hoops to jump through without actually punishing the bad actors themselves who are taking advantage of children's developing brains to expose them to extremely addictive dark patterns early in life.

Like instead of making things suck for all users, target the bad guys.

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Blake C. Stacey 1d ago

@gbargoud @blogdiva Good grief, the New York bill is bonkers. And it's a Gounardes special---he has been on a Helen Lovejoy kick for years now, and (so I have heard) dismisses his own constituents as "Big Tech shills" when they complain.