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We urge anyone affected by this OS-level legal issue to write down notes to their local representatives and push for these laws to be repealed or replaced. #MidnightBSD needs them to get rid of these laws, especially those bills that are unconstitutional to the #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment. #DigitalFreedom #DigitalRights #NoOSSpies #Spyware #CyberSecurity #PrivacyFirst
MidnightBSD has updated its license to ban users in regions mandating OS-level age verification, starting with Brazil (March 2026) and California (January 2027) 🌍.
The open-source BSD project cites privacy and legal risks, warning that more areas like Colorado and New York could follow 🔒.
🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/midnightbsd-age-verification/
#TechNews #MidnightBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #FOSS #Regulation #Compliance #UserRights #Freedom #Software #Internet #Policy #Innovation #DigitalRights
Google's Developer Verification mandates real-identity registration for app developers starting September 2026 on certified Android devices 📱.
F-Droid, EFF, and FSF warn it threatens open-source repos, centralizes Google control, and endangers developer privacy 🔒.
🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/
#TechNews #Android #Google #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Developers #Security #Freedom #Sideloading #EFF #F-Droid #UserChoice #Regulation #DigitalRights
Ageless Linux, a "technical provocation disguised as Linux distro," circulates among developers and privacy activists 🧩.
Built on Debian, it rejects age verification laws to defend open-source freedom from regulatory overreach 🔒.
🔗 https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260316-agelesslinux-noncompliance-age-verification/
#TechNews #Linux #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Debian #AgeVerification #Regulation #Security #Freedom #Software #DigitalRights #UserFreedom #Technology #Innovation
Why it matters:
This bill would erase an entire category of free-to-play games and hand regulators sweeping power while ignoring how many Minnesotans already play legally. That’s lawmaking on a revenge tour, not gambling policy.
⚠️ The reason why the politicians, especially lawmakers, make #AgeVerification laws such as those that target OSes and app stores.
Because they don't understand the meanings of both the #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment. So this is considered unconstitutional.📄 #DigitalFreedom #PrivacyFirst
Repost this if you want to respect privacy and have #DigitalFreedom from all oppressive age verification laws like those that target operating systems and app stores. #PrivacyFirst #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #StopOSSpies #NoAgeSignals #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #Linux
If you want to know who made these terrible OS-level #AgeVerification laws, here they are:
1. CA AB 1043 - Assembly Member Buffy Wicks
2. CO SB 26-051 - Sen. Matt Ball and Rep. Amy Paschal
3. NY S8102A - Sen. Andrew Gounardes
4. IL SB 3977 - Sen. Laura Ellman
Never trust these lawmakers (D).
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