jwz10h ago

systemd-censord.

*Slow clap*

From: FloofyWolf
Recently, a proposal has been made to implement an API for a new California censorship regulation, "On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states" by Aaron Rainbolt. I believe the approach outlined to be very short-sighted, in that creating a bespoke API for each of the hundreds of government censorship requirements that debian will presumably now be following...
https://jwz.org/b/yk41

Show threadReid 
@jwz please tell me this is a parody

please tell me this is a fucking parody

please be a parody and not fucking real
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Show threadReid 9h ago
@jwz OH MY GOD IT'S A SUMMARY OF A REAL FUCKING MAIL

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043533.html
On the need for a censorship API for legal compliance reasons in some countries and U.S. states

Show threadBryan Davis8h ago
@reiddragon I’m pretty sure the “Thanks for reading, and I hope we can work together to help Linux
implement as much censorship as possible!” is a sarcasm indicator.
Show threadReid 8h ago
@bd808 Honestly, the more it reads like something that The Onion would've written 5 years ago, the less convinced I am it's a parody