All these artists should sue.

In related news
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

Every Republican sits somewhere on a line that extends between ignorant and evil. In the case of ignorance, it's mostly willful, which is a form of evil. So really the line extends from lightly evil to heavily evil.

vpn's are not a good long term solution, but there's SO MANY ways to get around this, some trivial, some not. as long as there are cables connecting any two points, there will be a way to communicate. the question is how much damage can we stand before people realize it.

prob so larry ellison and co can make bank off of selling everyone's data. that's not going to work because this is america, and we HATE showing id for anything. if the gov ACTUALLY tried to age gate the net there'd prob be violence. people are already circumventing it now where in place.

The UK's version went into effect earlier this year and everybody hated it. So, why does the US want to try this too?

In an age where you have to put your government issued I.D. to any site, the possibility of anonymity becomes systematically impossible

This will not stop at porn. They are already using “protect the children” rhetoric with trans people existing, and it will extend far beyond us.

This is already extremely bad, but you can mitigate surveillance capitalism by creating more anonymous accounts, using a vpn, using advanced data protection, not downloading surveillance apps like social media apps, and poisoning your surveillance data by throwing in lies.

Lets say you are an outspoken advocate against the current regime, and you have a decent following but not much political power. Companies buying and sharing your UUID could give access to all corners of the internet made to blackmail or embarrass you or dox you to violent pardoned jan 6ers.

I think it’s worth explaining why this is so atrociously bad.

Currently under surveillance capitalism, which is what we have in the u.s., you have a UUID, a unique personal identifier. They package everything they think they know about you into that unique identifier.

They’re describing it as a “shock and awe” campaign, which is why it’s essential to show them there’s huge opposition NOW. Call / email your reps to let them know you oppose censorship bills like KOSA and the SCREEN.

Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.

The absolute kicker to all of this is that most of the solutions they are seeking already exist on your phone. They just need to be enabled by parents.

But, no, they want to bring an East Wing demolition crew to everyone's internet because no one can be bothered going to "settings."