Post B5JVeh2dBe7b3rn4W8 by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B5JVeh2dBe7b3rn4W8 by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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       New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/new-us-congress-bill-proposal-requires-all-operating-system-providers-to-verify-ages/#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JXW4kDtEB7sSCO36 by Npars01@mstdn.social
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       @gamingonlinux #TranslatedFromTheRepublican "State surveillance software becomes mandatory so tech companies can abdicate their responsibilities to public safety. They bought corrupt politicians and get rewarded with tax cuts, government contracts, and impunity. "
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JcNFoRrvjDMwmvb6 by jcnotwit@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux It's going to be awful, and go far beyond what the states are mandating, if I read his official announcement correctly.https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-announces-bipartisan-parents-decide-act-to-protect-kids-online
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Jcq6730p0JgPF1pA by aanee@mastodon.online
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       @gamingonlinux Define "providers". Is banning open source the next step?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JewZKtTPQDxmvnwO by OndrejZizka@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux And the US folks laughed at the EU cookies law...
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JkKIJCvnIrsKH7RY by revk@toot.me.uk
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       @gamingonlinux How do they define "operating system"?You know DOS still exists 🙂And how old is "root" user?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JkVQhW4OjZ5WxH84 by drq@mastodon.ml
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       @gamingonlinux Fucking hell.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Jl5R8HwSMequeAjo by DazRunner@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux how will this be possible in an open source operating system?The relevant code will easily be bypassed or disabled. Gotta love #FOSS #linux #ubuntu
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JmksypPVsr2xYBTk by kaito02@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux Here's Josh's livestream of the announcement, I think it doesn't have enough commentshttps://www.youtube.com/live/21Ao9ExQaAA
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Jn2l5BVnK3lX2uDQ by kennebel@noc.social
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       @gamingonlinux there will be _no_ loyalty to any distro that implements this.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JrQhDHwtioX2VRbM by dtwx@mastodon.social
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       As @gamingonlinux well knows, this is already happening to UK users, thanks to the OSA. We've already lost access to simple services like Imgur. Giphy/Tenor can't be far from introducing some sort of checks either.To be honest, if we MUST have age verification, I'd rather verify once with my OS vendor (likely based on account age) than for every single app/service/API.It's the timing that baffles me...
       
 (DIR) Post #B5K0qzXjJyvcUsgHtQ by jackemled@furry.engineer
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       @gamingonlinux "You must be AT LEAST 54 inches tall to use this graphing calculator."
       
 (DIR) Post #B5K1FBUkXHomW0p5V2 by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux no fucking way
       
 (DIR) Post #B5KpIdcpOrJOKwRSqm by Arcticulate@toot.community
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       @gamingonlinux All OSes? So, a fridge running Android will require age verification in the US?