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by 7e 17 days ago
Why should Linux be exempt? Linux lobbyists seem to be against the public good. It takes an AI agent 5 minutes to add this feature and then they add be good forevermore. And given that the software is open source, everyone can use the same library to be compliant. Belly-aching snowflakes…
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1st amendment. There's a long history of carve outs around commercial products. But, if Linux devs (who aren't selling anything) went to the mat against this law, the government of California would lose and (at least part of) their law would be struck down.
Kids deserve free speech. There is no valid reason to deny access to them to social networks. First amendment is being breached here.
No, minors don't have a lot of rights and they have some rights adults have not. That's what it means to not be an adult.
Why should I care about being surveilled? I have nothing to hide. \s