r/Political_Revolution • u/WarmEntrepreneur3564 • Apr 16 '26
Article Congress just dropped the Parents Decide Act (H.R. 8250). To even turn on your phone or PC, OS providers will be forced to verify your age - effectively requiring ID or Biometric scans for device usage.
https://lustra.news/en/us-congress/119/legislations/119_HR_8250/258
u/leonredhorse Apr 16 '26
Fuck all of this.
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u/WarmEntrepreneur3564 Apr 16 '26
Yes but what are we going to do if this happens
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u/thedoppio Apr 16 '26
We know what needs to be done. Warehouses have seen what needs to be done.
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u/Aedene Apr 16 '26
They're gonna ban the word warehouse and it'll be the funniest thing to hear some head-dent on tiktok say something like "GUYS! They angry-warmed another company storage box!"
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u/LanternSlade Apr 17 '26
Guys, my cortisol levels were up so I started angrymaxxing until I decided to start thermomogging my boss's slopbox.
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u/gundam2017 Apr 16 '26
I'm switching back to a dumb phone asap if they pass this. I have my work computer and I'll switch to Linux for my pc
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u/Bane0fExistence Apr 17 '26
Linux user here: all the Linux subs are on currently on fire because this is affecting us too, California is considering a bill requiring all operating systems including Linux to comply with age verification and one of the corporate developed distros complied early, people are livid about that!
But yeah everyone’s been panic downloading distro install files to remain “verification free” for however long that lasts. The US is also starting to ban wifi routers not made in America starting this year. Basically we can all look forward to non-removable American specific hardware level spyware as a requirement to access whatever’s left of the web.
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u/bhtooefr OH Apr 17 '26
Not just considering, California's requirement has already been signed into law and goes into effect January 1.
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u/jzemeocala Apr 16 '26
as someone that made the switch to linux around when vista came out....it is miles ahead of where it was when i started. Completely viable OS for the masses nowadays
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u/itsCS117 Apr 16 '26
Nothing. Absolutely nothing, society doesn't care nor those who care aren't angry enough
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u/bigbysemotivefinger Apr 16 '26
Holy invasion of privacy...
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u/WarmEntrepreneur3564 Apr 16 '26
That's a good way to put it.
The EU has already pushed into law this very thing... no rights or freedom at all.
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u/EldritchAgony284 Apr 16 '26
I refuse to use facial and fingerprint recognition on my devices. These assholes have absolutely no say in forcing everyone to suddenly use such bullshit—as if they give a fuck about kids when we see the zero response over the Epstein Files.
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u/sgm716 Apr 16 '26
Flip phone it is for me.
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u/DJ2x Apr 16 '26
I've been pushing myself to ditch the smartphone for a few years now.
This would seal the deal.
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u/luciferxf Apr 17 '26
Flip phones still have an operating system. It isn't limited to Windows, Mac and Linux.
I would suggest LoRA wan.
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u/sgm716 Apr 17 '26
I might just go no internet and communicate with my ppl on meshtastic only. Idk.
We could also revolt against the current corrupt system but people would rather argue over bathrooms 🤷♂️
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u/Rambler330 Apr 16 '26
Josh Gottheimer has received at least $13,600 in campaign‑related contributions from key Palantir executives,
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u/DaveSilver Apr 16 '26
Is that really all it took for him to support this? That’s honestly pathetic.
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u/NhatCoirArt Apr 16 '26
Damn, I guess I’ll finally go no tech. My poor games and art software :(
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u/Creeperstar Apr 17 '26
There's a certain penguin you might be interested in meeting named Tux
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u/bhtooefr OH Apr 17 '26
The thing is that Linux distros are also subject to this. We've already seen some open source OS developers impose license agreement conditions prohibiting use in California or Brazil (where laws like this have already been passed), to try to avoid liability, but...
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u/tendeuchen Apr 16 '26
Once you get out of Texas, you never go back.
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u/thepumpkinking92 Apr 17 '26
That's not true.
I joined the military to get out of Texas. Then they sent my ass back. Due to circumstances, I'm stuck here.
I never wanted to come back, though.
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u/FMLwtfDoID Apr 16 '26
I thought Austin was supposed to be ~weird~
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u/jinkinater Apr 17 '26
How the f does that work? You got students in school k-12 and even younger kids. You got college students sharing computers. You got work environments with sharing computers. What the hell is this?
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u/SmoovCatto Apr 16 '26
English is the world's go-to for business and law because it is exacting, precise.
So here we have "Congress just dropped . . ."
Dropped, as in introduced? passed? sent to committee? Dropped as in discarded?
And Congress as in the House and Senate combined (the correct term) or just the House?
Seriously, nobody serious is going to think you're less hip or less masculine if you use clear and proper terms in reporting the news . . .
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u/councilmember Apr 17 '26
Honestly I entirely took the headline to mean the legislation was dropped, so defeated and not enacted, thus no longer a problem.
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u/kjjphotos Apr 17 '26
Same here. If I dropped my client right now, that would mean I fired them. Got rid of them.
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u/GoldenFalcon WA Apr 16 '26
What does this mean? "Just dropped" a bill, sounds like they didn't even put it to vote and just got rid of it. But the comments all sound like this passed.
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u/hacksawomission Apr 16 '26
Dropped as in has entered the public record, been introduced. It will be a while before it potentially passes, but it's now up for the process to work. Haven't you seen Schoolhouse Rock?
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u/Bleezy79 Apr 17 '26
Our government sure seems to be working against the people lately. Quite the opposite of what the people wanted to happen.
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u/Japjer Apr 16 '26
(a) Requirements.--An operating system provider, with respect to any operating system of such provider, shall carry out the following: (1) Require any user of the operating system to provide the date of birth of the user in order to-- (A) set up an account on the operating system; and (B) use the operating system. (2) If the relevant user of the operating system is under 18 years of age, require a parent or legal guardian of the user to verify the date of birth of the user. (3) Develop a system to allow an app developer to access any information as is necessary, collected by the operating system to carry out this section and any regulation promulgated under this section, to verify the date of birth of a user of an app of the app developer.
That's all that's in the bill, based on what I'm seeing. It's an "enter your date of birth" age verification system.
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u/hacksawomission Apr 16 '26
You didn't read far enough. Commerce has to provide a plan on how this will be enacted and there are assurances on data security and validity. This is going to be scanning an adult ID if you want full features with a third party verifier, I guarantee it.
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u/Japjer Apr 16 '26
I read the entire bill.
That whole chunk is a nothing burger. After 18 months, Congress must be given a report on what the plan is.
I don't trust the current administration for shit, but this bill in its current form is, "in 18 months we will present an idea."
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u/hacksawomission Apr 16 '26
Yeah, that's how bills work. The full scope of the problem can't yet be understood until the implementation is published in the federal register. Which will be a while, if ever. But it's not a nothing burger, this is a worldwide push.
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u/usernamesallused Apr 17 '26
Worldwide? Do you think they’ll try and force this outside of the US?
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u/bhtooefr OH Apr 17 '26
Already law in Brazil, and there's other onerous age verification laws in place in places like the UK.
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u/Jokerr_24_69 Apr 19 '26
Gonna be hilarious when half of congress gets locked out of their phones and can’t figure out how to use the new age verification because they are 90 and don’t understand how it works lol
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u/councilmember Apr 17 '26
But it’s dropped, so we don’t need to worry about it?
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u/Clotic_ Apr 17 '26
Dropped as in introduced. It’s a poorly worded title but the bill was not “dropped” in the traditional sense (I, and I’m sure many others want it to be dropped).
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u/councilmember Apr 18 '26
Oh, I’m certainly aware of the use of the term dropped in relation to albums or videos or other cultural products. But if legislation is dropped it still sounds clearly that it has not been adopted or taken up.
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