Post #2067960

2026-03-11 19:44 UTC

@nemeciii There are a number bills in a few US states (CA, CO, NY) which all together likely capture a significant % of OS and OS developers There are some private member and draft bills in Canada floating around, but nothing with traction right now. My main concern as someone who deploys software to many different platforms is if OS's start mandating that applications collect age data (as in the CA bill) then my obligations under Canadian law mean I have to stop supporting those platforms.

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@nemeciii@mastodon.social 2026-03-11 19:58

@sarahjamielewis this is really horrible. What do they check the age verification against? Also, I'd register my computer under some random hobo on the street ( if we had random hobos on streets which we don't, since we actually have somewhat working social security ).

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@dazo@infosec.exchange 2026-03-11 20:22

@sarahjamielewis @nemeciii I hope sanity will win in the end. When these politicians realises that it will be easier control then direction the wind blows per week day, than to control what happens on computers in the homes of their population. It's essentially just a dark comedy farce, almost like it's pulled out of an unpublished Douglas Adams manuscript.

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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange 2026-03-11 21:17

@sarahjamielewis @nemeciii We need to start pushing against this with our local representatives in Canada. This is coming for us too: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/social-media-ban-for-kids-under-consideration-in-online-harms-bill-carney/

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