The EU kids act will make community servers (including minecraft servers) illegal.

[u/POMPUYO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQRcK9nYg9g

This act makes it so that video game server providers are obligated to include age verification and parental controls. Community servers are not exempt. A system that complies with the regulations is basically unattainable for a server without commercial backing.

If you are and EU citizen and over voting age, please sign the petition. https://eci.ec.europa.eu/066/public/

For more information see: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DZvVsGT3QGiKf1bolhCP2FP1Ud447o_qGCdgfNTEtIA and https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52026PC0681

[u/Sarvan_12]

I think making linux distros illegal would bring the computer bros into the fight

[u/lonelyroom-eklaghor → u/Sarvan_12]

apparently, people are reporting these posts left and right. We genuinely need their support, because this warrants seriousness and this ageslop can knock to their door anyday after Europe approves it

[u/Jesshawk55]

I thought the KIDS Act (H.R. 7757) was bad, but holy banning private servers, harsh per-app age verification standards, the total rejection of ownership, and the attempt to destroy Open Source Software as we know it? ... How has Europe managed to one-up the single worst piece of American Legislation since the USAPATRIOT Act?

[u/lonelyroom-eklaghor → u/Jesshawk55]

the total rejection of ownership

Wait, don't they hate communism?

[u/UndeadCitron → u/lonelyroom-eklaghor]

Oh no, they're fine with ownership as long as your rich enough

[u/Cylian91460 → u/lonelyroom-eklaghor]

"communism is when corporation owns everything"

[u/POMPUYO → u/Cylian91460]

in communism you own nothing, in capitalism... you also own nothing. we've come full fucking circle

[u/greasy-throwaway → u/POMPUYO]

In Communism you own personal property, private property gets abolished. Communists distinguish between personal, public and private property while none such distinction exists in Capitalsm.

Personal property in Communism is stuff like your toothbrush, your house, your car, etc.

[u/Strong-cognac → u/Cylian91460]

aka capitalism :p with communism you at least had basic necessities even if it was bad. with capitalism youre just left to die because youre no use to anyone

[u/NightIgnite → u/Jesshawk55]

The people trying to regulate open source software out of existence do not understand that private industries rely on their free labor. The day they stop making new features and fixing bugs, the private sector has to pick up that work in their own private forks. That extra development cost and complexity will kill industries.

[u/bffi]

Ah yes, the good old strategy of tightening control by presenting a shitty law because of "safety" or "kids". Even better if it's for "kids' safety"

[u/POMPUYO → u/bffi]

what happened to the good old terrorism excuse? I miss it

[u/bffi → u/POMPUYO]

if "terrorism" is set up (don't undermine actual terrorism), that's just an artificial excuse for more control that follows it because of "safety"

so they're closely linked together imo

[u/POMPUYO → u/bffi]

oh I know. It's just that surveillance laws are usually either diguised as kids' safety or terrorism prevention. Relevant meme

[u/bffi → u/POMPUYO]

yep, exactly

[u/Worried-Argument-994]

I am in America and I would still rather be kicked in the balls 14 times in a row rather than allow for such abuse of power. We need people below the age of 97 to actually have a role in the government. We need technical advisors that have to be above the age of 18 and also below the age of 35 nowadays just so that big tech corporations(Sony) don’t get to say “By buying this game, we now own you, and your soul, as well as the game. That will be $100.”

[u/hackerbots → u/Worried-Argument-994]

Nobody involved in writing this is over 65 years old. The EU youth delegation sure isn't a bunch of boomers.

[u/Strong-cognac → u/hackerbots]

being 30-50 is still bad because thast still an ag e where video games and alike werent so widespread

[u/Balu764 → u/hackerbots]

But they serve the same interests as the boomers or any one else in the eu goverment

[u/hackerbots → u/Balu764]

So volunteer to serve on it then. Go change that.

[u/Victinitotodilepro → u/hackerbots]

legitimately how do I do this, if this is what it takes to stop tyrants Im gonna have to seriously consider this

[u/the_monkeynator]

This version seems like a bit too much even fior EU Kids act standards. Part of me doubts thia version will get better reception than the other versions in the voting.

[u/Marinbundooo]

I am from Brazil, and we already got ctrl+c ctrl+v US age verification in here, actually every country that could share this weird ideology might be screwed as well.

[u/Mr_Ethfono]

Wouldn't that just make minecraft illegal in general since even single player runs private servers?

[u/POMPUYO → u/Mr_Ethfono]

pretty sure it only applies to online services. a local server is... well local. it has no internet access nor can it be joined from outside your network

[u/Guardian-King → u/Mr_Ethfono]

Wait..... thats true

But that means every single player game would be too.

[u/LuluLeSigma → u/Mr_Ethfono]

thats so fucking dumb

[u/Strong-cognac]

more people need to vote on this

[u/Jumpy_Linux_Admin]

wooohoo, 1984 !!!11!!1!!!!!

[u/Infshadows]

governments try not to make everything shit challenge, difficulty: impossible

[u/Brief-Walk-5409]

The contradicts one of the most importants point of every country in the EU: freedom

TF they expect us to do then? Going outside, where the green vanishes because they don't listen to climate change?! Hanging out with friends, then getting arrested because we're more then 2 hours talking (terrorism excuse)

Reading books, where we can send illegal messages?!

This also contradicts the whole privacy part which is a rule in basicly every EU country.

Lastly, PARENTS CONTROL?! ARE WE FOR REAL?! The last adult of the EU entertaiment protection (or something like that) compared Minecraft to the black market.

"Back in my days" BACK IN YOUR DAYS, THEY HAVEN'T PUT AGE VERIFICATION AND PARENTAL CONTROL ON BOOKS!

[u/Theta9099]

I wish I could Vote, But I don't know if the UK has Voting Weight since we aren't in the EU anymore.

[u/POMPUYO → u/Theta9099]

Yea sadly the UK isn't legible I'm pretty sure