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Goodbye device ownership, and the last vestiges of free speech will die with this bill as well. (www.govtrack.us)
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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.

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[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I was reading a list of bills and whatnot from March the other day. They all say "and for other purposes" they all say that

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This one literally just tacks it at the end of the proposal. As it gives no purposes other than "and for other"

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

yeah, I was following up on a bill introduced by one of me senators and was poking around this website https://www.govtrack.us/

I dont know why, but every bill has this phrase written at the end of it. It is ominous, and I dont know why theyre written this way, probablt some legal bullshit.

[–] Poojabber@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Its the same reason even traffic laws are written ambiguosly. It gives everyone from cops to senators the ability to do what they want and then get away with it.