hydez3ro

I figured i should give myself an intro post. so here is one.

Hello everybody I'm hydez3ro. You can call me hydez tho i dont mind either. I go by he/him and am 16 (so no weird asks/submissions)

anyway i like inanimate insanity and the osc

strawpage is https://hydez3ro.straw.page but here are my handles:

Sorry for becoming political, but I want to pause your scrolling and bring this harmful law up. S.B. 2420, or the App Store Accountability Act, mandates age verification for all apps downloaded. A preliminary injunction (saying to not enforce this law during litigation) went into effect December 2025, before the law was put into effect. Recently (around June 1st, 2026), the injunction was stayed (meaning that the law can proceed).

What does it do?

For minors, a parent will have to approve all app downloads. And, it is not even one time approval, but a re-approval every single "significant update." The only exceptions are emergency apps and testing apps. This, in my interpretation, is forced ID verification to use your phone, as apps are literally how your phone works. Google Play Services, a system app needed for some apps to work, is not exempt.

Emergency services apps and nonprofit testing apps are not impacted, as they are exemptions.

Risks

The risks are numerous.

1. ID Leakage

Hackers could find that the amount of IDs and/or facial data stored by Google and Apple is attractive; this puts a giant metaphorical target on the services processing such information.

2. Potential for abuse

Parents can be abusive sometimes. They might abuse this system of approval/denial, denying stuff the child might actually need to get help and get educated.

3. School apps get harmed

School apps are still apps, meaning that they will be caught in the crossfire. This means that any app needed for school might have the risk of being blocked. Now, parents could simply just approve said apps, but the next point shows that sometimes, that isn't possible:

4. Risk of lockout

As the Computer & Communications Industry Associations (CCIA) states:

"Even worse, minors who do not have a parent or legal guardian able to provide consent under the Act will be entirely shut out of mobile app stores and the thousands of speech-enabling apps and the speech and information apps provide" (Austin Civil Case 1:25-cv-1660).

In my interpretation, this idea violates the first amendment:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

The "Freedom Of Speech" is the right likely being infringed here. This will harm both minors and parents. Texas needs to help fight this law.

Where is it currently?

Currently, it is in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting for this law while the CCIA (Computer & Communications Industry Associations) is fighting against.

What can Texans do?

Texans can do multiple things.

Peacefully protest against the act (do research to ensure your protest is peaceful and legal)

Write to legislators, asking them to repeal the act.

Let others know about the situation

What if I am not a Texan?

Do your research. You can see if any laws like this one are currently in your legislature and contact your representatives telling them not to. Additionally, see if anything national is in the works and write to your representatives to not vote for them.

You can contact your representatives here:

I sincerely hope this law gets repealed in some form and this form of age verification as a whole stops.

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The thing coming out today is me. Hi. I'm hydez and I'm on the aromantic spectrum. All I know is that I am ON the spectrum. don't know where exactly though. I've narrowed it down to possibly aromantic, grayromantic, or cupioromantic. Likely the latter two; I'm still figuring things out.

... i dont know what to put here now that I came out. lol. oh right.

Start Inanimate Insanity S2E18 exactly 21:12 before midnight (at 11:38:48 pm, or 23:38:48 for the non-pm users).

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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