Parents Decide Act (H.R. 8250)
www.govtrack.us
To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.

So, OS-level age-gating is going federal, which will effectively kill your rights to device ownership and what’s left of free speech and expression.

Enjoy your free speech while you still have it because this is a clear attempt to erase that right.

SOPA never died, it just went into hiding until time to reemerge, and now’s that time, this is basically SOPA in a save the kids trenchcoat.

  • foodandart@lemmy.zipEnglish
    102·
    4 days ago

    The thing is, this horseshit is only happening because adults have let computers - more specifically, iPads and phones - become their children’s babysitters.

    Have you seen any of the “iPad Kids” videos?

    Holy shit, what fucking irresponsible parents.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      34·
      4 days ago

      this horseshit is only happening because adults have let computers - more specifically, iPads and phones - become their children’s babysitters.

      This horseshit is only happening because Meta is lobbying hard for it and throwing tons of money at it, because they want ‘protecting children’ to be the OS’s responsibility, not the website’s.