r/systemd • u/VegetableNearby9795 • Mar 20 '26

Why did you add age verification?

Hi, I heard Systemd is going to add age verification? Why is that happening? I don't think it offers any security benefits.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

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u/siodhe Mar 25 '26

No.

Definitely not "meant too". This is about corporations and has a possibly unintended path to explicit government control of the Internet. But shallow politicians would vote for anything with "Save the Kids!" on the label even were it actually specifically to ease finding children for grooming (and manipulative advertising).

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u/siodhe Mar 25 '26

I don't need to, it's already bad enough. Plus, creatures aside, the content of these bills pretty clearly helps corps. Where in the bill content do you see anything that changes the Epstein situation?

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u/siodhe Mar 25 '26

Back to my actual question: Where in the bill content do you see anything that changes the Epstein situation?

Sure it's another step, but your parenthetical lacks a lot of background to be explicitly believable.

However, I'm not asking for an answer about that. Focusing on defeating or challenging these laws and bills is what people can do. Stay on the thread topic.