From https://lemmy.ca/post/62278765 :

Software changes for compliance with age-verification laws are being pushed a bit everywhere in Linux-development; for example:

- In Systemd <https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954>, already merged.

- In xdg.desktop.portal <https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/1922> (a portal frontend service for Flatpak and other desktop containment frameworks), still open.

- In Arch Linux <https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4290>, still open.

- In Freedesktop.org <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/merge_requests/176>, still open.

It’s interesting that it’s the same small group of people behind these pull requests, and that discussion threads in them have been locked owing to a great amount of negative criticisms.

They say “we have to comply with the law”. Which also means that if “the law” in the future will require proper verification, handling to 3rd-parties, or whatnot, then they will comply.

Well, it’s their right to. They don’t owe anything to anyone, and are under no obligation to report to users or to the community, nor to pay heed to anybody’s wishes.

If things proceed in this direction, we users may at some point have to choose between privacy-friendly Linux distributions or legal Linux distributions. People who, like me, are worried, need to start thinking about concrete actions to take before it’s too late: where to develop such distros? which channels to download and distribute them from? And so on. (And of course, more generally we need to write and protest to politicians, organize protest marches, go on strike, refuse to comply...)

It’s good to remind to those who keep on repeating the words “legal” and “illegal” that for example Nelson Mandela <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela> was, technically speaking, a criminal who did and promoted illegal activity. This happens when laws become immoral.

#linux #privacy #uspol #eupol

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html

A Reddit user uncovered that Meta funneled over $2B through nonprofit networks to support age-verification laws. The same efforts include provisions that create exceptions for Meta’s own platforms, allowing the company to back stricter ID requirements while avoiding their full impact

#Meta #Privacy #BigTech

While the West argued about age verification, Iran built something far darker: an Internet it can shut off to silence dissent, hide violence, and isolate millions.

This isn't resilience. It's repression, engineered.

#surveillance #technology #geopolitics #politics #censorship

https://www.keystone-collective.org/the-internet-kill-switch-iran-built-while-the-west-was-busy-debating-age-verification/

24 Marzo 1976 - 2026

Hoy en Argentina se cumplen 50 años del golpe militar y el comienzo de la Dictadura cívico-militar el 24 de Marzo de 1976.

Dictadura genocida que buscó eliminar a quiénes pensaban y hacían un mundo más justo e igualitario. La excusa, ayer como hoy: combatir el terrorismo.

Hoy en la Marcha un cartel con la tapa del diario Página12 de hace unos años muestra al Dictador Videla admitiendo que el peor momento de los genocidas llegó con el Kirchnerismo.

#NuncaMas #24marzo