keverets @keverets@librem.one

There remains no reliable, privacy-preserving method of verifying the age of every internet user. Yet, the UK is still going ahead with a social media ban for users under 16. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/uks-new-under-16-social-media-ban-will-cause-more-harm-it-prevents

@cwebber Write to the senator of the relevant committee. They are being pressured, but their role is to be the sober second look, and there's still a chance they push back. They've already had the first reading (see https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/45-1/c-22) so hurry.

🚨 Bill C-22 would force every Canadian internet provider, messaging app, and cloud service to build surveillance backdoors & store a year of your private data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US — compromising up to a million people. Tell your MP: https://openmedia.org/StopC22-mast #BillC22 #cdnpoli @OpenMediaOrg

SFC announces their **Recommendations When Using LLM-backed Generative AI Systems for FOSS Contributions**. A guide and set of best practices for using LLMs for creation and maintenance of FOSS projects. As we move into a new era of software development, thoughtful and ethical use of LLM tooling is critical for FOSS contributors to consider. This set of recommendations creates a framework for thinking and working with such tooling for the betterment of FOSS at large.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/jun/18/llm-backed-generative-ai-recommendations/

Spain’s electricity bills have decreased due to its commitment to renewable energy, reducing the influence of fossil fuels on electricity prices.

Why Spain’s electricity bills ...

Age verification ...

#privacy #privacymatters #ageverification #socialmedia #surveillance #dataskydd #dataprotection #gdpr #deepstate

Solar farms with raised panels and native plantings tripled insect populations in a five-year Minnesota study. #Solarpunk #Rewilding #CleanEnergy https://www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-farm-built-electricity-beneath/23775/

My timeline is a cautionary tale. How are social media companies going to check if their customers are over 16 without "carding" everyone? And what protections will there be that the identity data they capture isn't left somewhere that can be captured by even worse actors?

The reality is that social media bans weaponize parents’ concerns about children’s safety to justify unprecedented levels of surveillance and censorship. Our new primer breaks down why these bans don’t work, who is harmed by them, and how we fight back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/how-and-why-fight-back-against-social-media-bans

Why #FDroid for your #Android device? No need to "just trust us" about how we check, how we build and why we care, you can look at everything that we do as #FLOSS offers the transparency you want.

@bendineliot explains this in many more words: https://f-droid.org/2026/05/27/building-trust.html

#keepandroidopen

And what that means is that robust privacy legislation is a national security issue.

A robust publicly funded media is a national defence platform.

Media literacy delivered through well-funded public education system is a national defence strategy.

If you want to keep a functioning democratic society, then the people need to be able to discern truth from falsehood and secure their privacy. There are no alternatives.