📰 Reboot's News Round-Up 📰

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🔴🔴 Several American States Roll Out Age Verification For Every Operating System, Linux Included


They CLEARLY do not know what ''Open-Source'' means. Anyone can visit and amend the code. Linux will not be controlled so better to make the switch sooner rather than later.

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🔴🔴 Reddit User Uncovers Meta (Facebook) is Behind Invasive Age Verification Tech Push

Two billion US dollars lobbied by Meta via shadowy nonprofits to push age verification. WORLDWIDE INVOLVEMENT.

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🟢 EU's Chat Control voted down

The fight isn't over but we win this round.

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🔴🔴 Google Will Lock down Android September 2026

It'll mean you lose the ability to decide what to install and use your phone for.

Privacy devices will circumvent this lock down.

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🟠 UK Government announces the long-awaited consultation on national digital ID

Running for 8 weeks, ending May 5th, this consultation is a pivotal moment in the UK's digital ID plans. 👀

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🔴 UK Companies House Exposed Director Data

Directors’ home addresses, email addresses, and dates of birth available to everyone. This same system is the one they plan to store digital ID.

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🔴 Canada Mandates Mass Metadata Surveillance

Every company must store your location data, device information, and daily movements for a year…just in case.

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🔴 Meta Glasses Sends X-Rated Videos to Human Annotators for AI Training

Users do not realise this is happening. All the more reason to avoid people using these glasses.

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Again we see a huge concerted push from all major corners of the globe to mandate the largest mass gathering of biometric ID data in history and the total control of our lives via digital surveillance.

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