So in red states porn is being used, and in blue states TikTok and Instagram are being used. Is anyone tracking who is behind the concerted efforts here? For example, which organizations, executives, lobbyists and politicians are valid and responsible parties?
They want an explanation of what an algorithm is. The world is full of people using words they don't understand and sometimes of them work in legislatures.
That part hasn't really been decided since it's a regulatory question.
Basically the bill defines
> "Operating system provider" means a commercial or non-profit entity that controls the Internet-enabled device's operating system, including the design, programming, or supply of operating systems for the Internet-enabled devices.
Which is an extremely broad definition that could be interpreted in a whole bunch of ways.
Does it even ask for verification? If not, the problem with it is that it seems to require the OS provider (not the local installation) to store the age.
Unpopular opinion, but this is objectively better than having to upload your ID to every random website that requires an age check (if that's what the end result is).
Not that I'm condoning it, but this law requires self-declaration, not verification. It might sound pedantic but the practical difference is huge.
Self-declaration means that the system asks the user to declare if they are a minor. Nothing is verified.
Age verification typically means a system which checks ID or has other enforcement measures to try to verify age.
that is the start of a lot of bills like this... they really only ever increase in scope and invasiveness.
So in red states porn is being used, and in blue states TikTok and Instagram are being used. Is anyone tracking who is behind the concerted efforts here? For example, which organizations, executives, lobbyists and politicians are valid and responsible parties?
What does that mean, practically? The person who installed linux on that particular device is liable?
>no algorithmic feeds for minors by default
Any choice of what content to display is an algorithm. Maybe they want a simple or easily explainable algorithm?
"Illinois now requires operating system providers, open source projects included, to build age verification by 2028"
however
"nothing in the bill has teeth against someone with no business presence in Illinois"
They want an explanation of what an algorithm is. The world is full of people using words they don't understand and sometimes of them work in legislatures.
Presumably this means no targeting the user's preferences and just showing everything by newest/most liked.
That part hasn't really been decided since it's a regulatory question.
Basically the bill defines
> "Operating system provider" means a commercial or non-profit entity that controls the Internet-enabled device's operating system, including the design, programming, or supply of operating systems for the Internet-enabled devices.
Which is an extremely broad definition that could be interpreted in a whole bunch of ways.
Does it even ask for verification? If not, the problem with it is that it seems to require the OS provider (not the local installation) to store the age.
I'm surprised we're not seeing heaps of lawsuits here. Age verification in general violates privacy.
lawsuits for what? AFAIK you have no right to privacy in this sense
> I'm surprised we're not seeing heaps of lawsuits here.
Why do you think that is?
You don't have a right to privacy. It should be covered under the 9th amendment, but the supreme court generally just ignores that amendment.
The law: https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/publicacts/104/10...
as Linus would say, that is a userland issue, not a Linux issue
as Stallman would say, that is a userland issue not a GNU/Linux issue ;P
Incorrect. GNU/Linux includes userland while Linux doesn't.
Backdoor way to get data centers out of your state.
Declaration, not verification
The interesting part here is enforcement. Linux isn't controlled by a single vendor, so I'm not sure who the law would actually target.
One doesn't make Linus disappear for some time and then arrive apologizing for stubborness and embracing the imposed CoC just for the heck of it.
Unpopular opinion, but this is objectively better than having to upload your ID to every random website that requires an age check (if that's what the end result is).
“You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.”
So that includes Android? What about the Unix of iOS?
You can also thank big tech for this because they'll do anything to not verify age on their platforms they want to push it onto devices and OSes.
I don't understand how you are actually going to be able to enforce this when Linux is not "owned" by a single company.
Also how is that fine going to work if you don't have any children?
It’s bonkers that 50 states all decide to make their own set of rules for this. Maybe talk to each other?
It's a feature that states can (mostly) decide for themselves what laws they want to live under.
Fuck that. Competition and diversity is way better. Anyine who fucks up can just change their laws later.