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He/Him. Ally. Left of left. Tech stuff. Old guy.
Electronic Frontier FoundationCalifornia’s AB 1709 may be framed as a safety measure, but really it’s a blunt instrument of censorship that severs vital lifelines for California’s young people. Act now to stop this social media ban from passing. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/act-now-stop-californias-paternalistic-and-privacy-destroying-social-media-ban
Act Now to Stop California’s Paternalistic and Privacy-Destroying Social Media Ban
California lawmakers are fast-tracking A.B. 1709—a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user, regardless of age, to verify their identity before accessing social platforms. In the name of “safety,” this bill would destroy online anonymity, expose sensitive personal data to breach and abuse, and replace parental decision-making with state-mandated censorship.
Sean CastenRead this from Steve Vladek. Congress has the power to hold the court to account IF we use it. And we've focused way too much on expansion / term limits which are (at best) a far off solution rather than tools that meet the urgency of the moment. https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-223-they-are-who-we-thought
GinaI'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known #opensource alternative to Google's Play Store. 
Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).
https://f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/board-appointments-2026.html
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Andrea Junker 
If you’re at the Correspondents’ Dinner tonight and remain silent about Trump and his enablers, you are neither a journalist nor a patriot.
You are an accomplice.
Vee
Transgender WorldColorado Governor Jared Polis (D) has signed a law to protect trans children by sealing name changes for those who are under 18 when they file for one. The legislation will protect trans children
David Chartier
Gabriele Svelto