#lawmakers

you aren't governed

you are ruled (and fooled).

1. Child safety that requires verifying the age of the child has been exploited before and it will happen again. This allows people to precisely target specific age ranges instead of being a hit or miss hoping to get a child. Look at YouTube kids from a few years ago.

I know everybody says not use reddit or wikipedia as sources but we all know that's where we go when we need information so here's this too

2. Prosecution for the perpetrators. If lawmakers actually care about the children, they need to buckle down on prosecuting the people who target children with harmful content or actions. Right now, I am seeing very little consequence for this behavior. If we prosecuted the pedophiles we already know about, and worked on hunting down new ones when they show up, they would be afraid to do anything in the first place.

3. This is not only a threat on everybody's privacy, but I personally believe it is also a threat to education. These laws are primarily focused on the private home and I have heard nothing about school or library computers. With the general age range system, schools could still provide the age range and be fine, but if you have to show a government ID card, credit card, or some other form of personal identification to all operating systems, how are schools and libraries used by the general public supposed to function without lying to the system which could get them in legal trouble? Also, this could make it so the government can decide children (and adults too) are not fit for viewing potentially disturbing educational content like history, sex ed, and any other subject they don't want us learning about. They would be able to block the content from the devices themselves. And even if they can't just through these laws, it is only a matter of time till they come up with a way to do so anyway.

4. I find it very suspicious that this is all going on at the same time big tech companies are trying to build data centers (or if we're being accurate, personal information storage centers).

5. I am going to get biblical here, so if you don't care about that (even though it is insanely relevant), skip this section. The Bible directly mentions a time where you will not be able to buy or sell without "the mark of the beast" which indicates participation in the beasts system.

Revelation 13:16-17 ESV

[16] Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, [17] so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

https://bible.com/bible/59/rev.13.16-17.ESV

(you can also look this up on Bible gateway because I think that link will try to get you to download the Bible app that I use)

This age verification law would prevent us from accessing our bank accounts, among other important accounts from our phones and computers unless we have a form of ID and participate in the system (which I can pull many other verses from revelation that almost perfectly describe the US system and other places in the world, which is terrifying, but that's for another post.)

6. Parents have an obligation to monitor what their children are watching and doing on devices, who they're interacting with, etc. The problem is, way too many parents have gotten lazy about this or believe the protections in place are enough so they don't have to put in the effort. I know kids don't like being monitored, but it's for their own good. Helicoptering isn't necessary, but having honest and raw conversations with your child about their Internet usage and being a safe space for them to come to if they have any problems or questions is imperative.

7. All these laws about protecting the children are putting the spotlight on children and bring more attention to them, putting them in the faces of the people who want to harm them. I have seen a lot of laws about "protecting the children" that are at their core, a severe breach of privacy and bordering on blatant personal information collection and/or identity theft. Not to mention heading towards surveillance that would infringe on free speech rights and put us all in danger of being victims of government overreach.

8. We can fight back. We can contact lawmakers, do research, spread information and our opinions, and make a big noise about our thoughts on this.

Law enforcement officials are searching for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter in the shootings of two Minnesota politicians and their spouses early Saturday morning, sources told CBS News. 

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot and wounded. Both lawmakers were members of the Democratic Party, representing the northwest corner of the Twin Cities.

Officials said Brooklyn Park police arrived at Hortman's home around 3:35 a.m. and found a police SUV with emergency lights on. The suspect then exited Hortman's home and exchanged gunfire with officers before fleeing on foot. Investigators said they believed the suspect was dressed like a police officer. 

There was an extensive list of possible targets among writings found in Boelter's vehicle. The list included more than 50 individuals including officials outside of Minnesota, and including abortion rights advocates and abortion facilities. 

"Age Attestation on Computing Devices" (Colorado State Bill 26-051) would require age verification on all Operating Systems (both Open Source and proprietary), with fines for violations."Age Attestation on Computing Devices" (Colorado State Bill 26-051) would require age verification on all Operating Systems (both Open Source and proprietary), with fines for violations.

This is the crisis.

Everything else is background noise.