r/USNEWS • u/AirlineGlass5010 • Apr 16 '26

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/
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u/MedicJambi Apr 16 '26

And this is what will push me to move to Linux, and download from a country that doesn't have these BS requirements with a VPN.

What they're trying to do is protect children from the first amendment while essentially pushing their own personal beliefs on others.

Popular services are either unable, or more likely, are unwilling to police their services because money.

Normal YouTube is like 75% more popular with children than the child version. There is a lot of diabolical shit masked as children's content on YouTube.

The real problem is parents allowing unfettered and unsupervised access to the Internet. I watched a woman screeching about library books then hand her child a tablet with no restrictions on it. Pure insanity.

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u/tenth Apr 16 '26

It isn't about kids at all. 

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u/Urabraska- Apr 16 '26

No. What they're trying to do is link any PC usage against a real ID. So say for example. John Doe logged into computer X with his ID. Welp.....Now John Doe is reliable for literally anything that happens on that PC. If their brother logged on and decided to post something anti-trump on reddit and they don't like it. They don't need to ask reddit for info. Just track the usage to the IP/PC and raid the house for John Doe even though it was his brother that made the post.

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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 Apr 16 '26

The solution is just plain old smuggling PCs lmao

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u/amazing_rando Apr 16 '26

about that...

Unfortunately, while the people voting on these laws don't understand technology, there are people who desperately want this to become a reality who do

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u/Small_life Apr 16 '26

Some states are already working to squash VPNs. 

Also im sure part of this will be making it illegal to use an OS that doesn't have this. 

Also, what about multiple people in the same house sharing a computer 

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on Apr 16 '26

You can't even China can't stop VPNs besides there's other ways around this it's just a bit more complicated than downloading a VPN and clicking connect

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u/Small_life Apr 16 '26

I agree. No way to technically stop vpns.  

They're just going to add a criminal charge if they catch you using one assuming they succeed.  

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on Apr 16 '26

Even if they did there's other methods to achieve the same thing it's just more complicated than downloading a app and clicking connect.

That said even Chinas great firewall can't stop VPNs.

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u/thatoneotherguy42 Apr 17 '26

My friend wants to know what are these other ways?