@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #NOTOOSLEVELVERIFICATION
Linux isn't exempt. In theory, you won't be able to use any app or even your machine if forced to "give over your birthdate" so age signals can be sent to complying apps
Yell at reps. Tell them to repeal HB 5511
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #NOTOOSLEVELVERIFICATION
IL HB 5511 is now officially law. It goes into effect Jan 1st 2027/2028
Not surprising but disheartening
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Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, Additional Bills:
- TOTAL Screen Time Act
- GUARDIAN Act(HB 6488) - Social media ban for under 16s
- Parental Approval for Youth Social Media Act of 2026(Senate's companion to the GUARDIAN Act)
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #notopornban
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose:
- Mike Lee's PROTECT Act & S 5129
- OMBs prop. Fed. Financial Assistance Rule
- CA AB 1709 & CA AB 1856(Passed both houses, onto Govenor)
- S5090 Digital Age Assurance Act(open source OSs & private accounts illegal)
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Indonesian Queer & Trans individuals are apparently facing extremism from the governmemt with pushes for illegalising transgenderism & promoting violence against them
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Steam has implemented AV measures for Australian customers, restricting them from purchasing/viewing titles that carry a local age rating of R18+.
The only method of AVing is linking supported credit card to a Steam account
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Denmark gov. proposes requirement for you to be 15 years old to use social media
- Failing to be able to impose it in France, Emmanuel Macron is calling for "a European text" to ban social networks for those under 15
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- UK to force Apple, Google to block explicit images on kid’s smartphones
- UK Parl. Comm. published gov. response to report on kids’s screentime(phone scanning, social media ban). Proposed, not set in stone
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- According to exit polls, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the Saxony-Anhalt elections in Germany’s east.
This does not gurantee they will have majority power to govern, but it is nonetheless concerning
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Nym update on some world censorship & surveillance:
- Twitter alternatives Xcancel & Nitter seem to be returning after seeking legal council
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US Megathread(CRITICAL):
- Android soon to have "sideloading" locked down this September
- FFTF releases post going over Discord's revitalized push for Global ID verification
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US Megathread(CRITICAL):
- Microsoft has recently joined forces with Apple and Google by adding an article about age signals for Windows apps using mandatory, "privacy-preserving" Age APIs.
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- Rep. DeSaulnier & Patronis Introduce New "Sunset Section 230 Act" following the Meta Settlement. This seems like a new bill unlike the ones pushed by Lindsey Graham
desaulnier.house.gov/media-center...
Full Text: desaulnier.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report
- Vermont seeking data on "crafting rules to protect minors from harms" after passing "protect The Children from The Internet" bill
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- US Supreme Court again rejects push to use Trump-backed congressional map in Missouri
- Utah won't force VPN rules on major adult-only sites as the battle continues in court
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits & Pulling Them Over
- Local libraries grapple w/how to implement Act 372, national group calls for legis. to repeal & replace pro-censorship law
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US Megathread(CRITICAL):
- Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
- Clearview AI built an AI tool designed to turn a face search into an automated investigation of a person’s life online
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #notodigitalID #notosocialmediaban
- This bold strategy still has to face a verdict on Chat Control 2.0
- Social Media bans are easily walked around
- This wont protect children. Just make a database of IDs ripe for hackers.
OPPOSE THIS. DEMAND REPS OPPOSE THIS
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialMost importantly: DO. NOT. COMPLY. WITH. ID. MANDATES.
No matter how you slice it, its unsafe & unconstitutional. Oppose it. Work around it. Refuse it. But do NOT accept or comply with it.
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialComing off the Meta settlement, this shit sucks. That said, do not lose hope. We can still fight:
- Yell at reps to reject Chat Control 2.0 this month
- Yell at UK reps to OPPOSE OS level ID mandates:
www.parliament.uk/business/lor...
www.parliament.uk/business/com...