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.

  • Jax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    I didn’t bother discussing how online leftist infighting affects real life, it’s not relevant compared to, say, the much realer issue of left-orgs blowing up because of, say, someone being outed as a sex pest or someone slandering someone they don’t like anymore (which isn’t an issue only relegated to the left, the right does this way more often)

    Please don’t get me wrong, my motivations were not ‘both sides’ or something along those lines. Maybe not obviously, but it’s clear to me that we both believe the side bringing measles back is the wrong one.

    My problem is that these terminally online leftist spaces end up being the narrative sent to (or experienced by) the brainwashed masses on the right. Simply not engaging with an online space is ineffective when trying to combat their manipulation of word of mouth messaging.

    I’m not trying to argue for the right to say slurs. Unless they’re directed at conservatives, then I’m conflicted.

    • androgynouscloudmoon@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Ah okay, we have different priorities that I didn’t initially consider, my bad. I personally no longer think it’s worth bothering trying to manage the right’s views. However, I do organizing in youth (~18-24) spaces and see a lot of people saying what boils down to “I want to organize, but keep to myself because what if I say something wrong and get canceled?” and it frustrates me since they regularly quote the phrase “tone policing” as they say it. It’s probably like a sleeper activation phrase to me at this point and I got annoyed.

      There needs to be a diversity of tactics, so even though I won’t do it, I hope you and yours can successfully stop more people from falling into this trap.

      • Jax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        12 hours ago

        I think I should try to be less provocative with my words. Stomping into a conversation with loaded language is not the best way to get my points across, thank you for your demeanor.

        It’s probably like a sleeper activation phrase to me at this point and I got annoyed.

        I’m sorry, I specifically choose terms like this to set people off. I want them to figure out what actually triggers them about how I’m using the phrase and whether or not it’s valid.

        I would just like us all to be a little more aware about the what’s and why’s surrounding things we get emotional about. Otherwise our emotions will inevitably be used against us, directly or indirectly.