The Privacy Phone Is Going Mainstream: The Deal That Could Change De-Googled Phones Forever
https://reclaimthenet.org/the-deal-that-could-change-de-googled-phones-forever?utm_source=fediverse
“In the case of Colorado’s and California’s bills, effectiveness is lost. In the case of New York’s bill, liberty is lost.”
Carl Richell, System76 Founder and CEO, urges New York to reject S8102A OS-level age verification.
Read his full statement: https://s76.co/m-S8102A
It turns out that Brazil and the state of New York are passing even worse OS-level age verification laws as they require actual ID verification (the California law only requires a DoB input). The worst part is that the Brazilian law will be in effect in less than 13 days.
UK Consults on Social Media Age Verification While Directing Parents to Report “Hate Speech” to Big Tech
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-social-media-age-verification-consultation?utm_source=fediverse
We are thrilled to announce the public availability of Fairplayer for Faircamp, the first step in our vision of a #decentralized #music platform.
After a few months of building, and the generous help of artists who have participated in our trial period, https://fairplayer.band is open to the world. If you are an artist that has a #Faircamp site, or someone wanting to listen to music from independent artists, come and tell us what you think!
Special thanks to @radisolar @blankfosk @helenbellmusic @maciac @sofisoft @kidlightbulbs @aymanhamad @laribal @txels @james @Omar @choan who have already contributed their music in this very early stage!
Weird 1999 Windows/Mac point-and-click game "Cookie's Bustle" has finally been released from copyright troll hell.
https://gamehistory.org/cookies-bustle/