SpartanD63

[Emerald Apple @AI_EmeraldApple]

If the KIDS Act H.R. 7757 passes, here is what we are going to get.

> Mandatory age checks for online access
> Government-mandated content safety policies
> Perpetual monitoring of online speech
> Potential censorship of lawful speech
> Restrictions on "addictive" online content
> "Harmful" content is heavily moderated

This is going to lead to a mass chilling effect, not just on controversial "speech" and opinions, but also on lawful adult content. It will lead to data breaches, mass doxxing, and various other privacy issues as well.

Even if it does pass, it won't meaningfully stop minors and kids from accessing content they are not supposed to access, as most are smart enough to find workarounds for it... then...

...this could potentially pave the way towards harsher restrictions on internet privacy, such as outlawing VPNs and encrypted transmission of data.

[Mrgunsngear @Mrgunsngear]

Flock has been caught lying so often & changed their "official narrative" so much that they've stopped showing the ongoing changes they've made over the years on the "terms of service" section of their site.

They've also increased their demand for governments that contract with them for all parties to sign NDAs before installing the equipment.

It's almost like it's a giant conspiracy to create a privately controlled digital surveillance state to control us that subverts the Constitution and your rights that it recognizes.

Almost... 🤡

#4thAmendment #Flock #cops #crime #ALPR #CivilRights #dystopia #police

[𓆩❄️𓆪 ElfpireEva 𓆩❄️𓆪 @EElfpireVT]

I'll keep doing this until I'm blue in the face (I'm a vampire, that'll never happen I don't need to breath).

It's not about protecting kids, it never was, it never will be- I'll gladly stand corrected when I see legislation that ACTUALLY aims to protect children but so far that acts as a red flag more than anything else.

The Senate needs to stop this bill.

[Hannibal999 @Hannibal9972485]

This section you see is from the (KIDS ACT) ⬅️
It shows you the REAL INTENTION on page 110. 🚨

First this ENTIRE bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing🚨 - it uses children's safety as a vehicle to expand government control over the internet, normalize surveillance and verification systems, and create a regulatory framework that can be expanded to adults later.⚠️

One section that LIFTS the MASK is page 110 🎭 where they RESTRICTED DC as ONLY place where you can CONSTITUTIONALLY CHALLENGE this SURVEILLANCE court IN COURT ‼️
In the jurisdiction provision (Section 702)
IF this bill were truly about protecting children, why would you need to concentrate all constitutional challenges in one court?
It TELLS you this is about controlling the legal narrative and preventing scattered rulings that might strike down provisions.⚠️⚠️
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Deeper look there are TONS of CONTRADICTIONS 🚨🚨

The bill says it does not require age verification in three separate places:

• Page 38, Section 220: "Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to require the provider of a covered platform to implement an age gating or age verification functionality"

• Page 99, Section 602(f): Same language for COPPA 2.0

• Page 13, Section 103(f): "Nothing in this section may be construed to require the submission of government-issued identification"

But every single protection in the bill is triggered by one phrase: when a platform "knows" a user is a minor. The "knows" standard is defined as "know or should have known" on pages 17, 40, 45, and 79.⚠️

This creates an impossible trap:🚨

1. If a platform does NOT verify age, it "should have known" minors were present and faces liability for failing to provide protections
2. If a platform DOES verify age, it collects age data on every user, which creates privacy risks and potential liability

The bill says "you don't have to verify age" while simultaneously making it impossible to comply without verifying age. This is not a contradiction. This is the design.
The bill uses children's safety as the vehicle to normalize age verification across the entire internet. Once age verification infrastructure exists for minors, it exists for everyone. The system built to check if you are 16 will be the same system used to check if you are 21, 35, or a registered voter.⚠️🚨🚨🚨
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JURISDICTION SHELL GAME 🚨

Page 107, Section 702: "The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to the constitutionality of this Act or the constitutionality of any action, finding, or determination under this Act."
One court. All challenges. No exceptions.

This means:
• A company in California cannot challenge in the Ninth Circuit
• A civil liberties group in New York cannot challenge in the Second Circuit
• Every constitutional challenge must go to the same DC court that routinely handles federal government cases

This is designed to concentrate legal challenges in a venue favorable to the government and prevent multiple circuit courts from issuing injunctions against the law. If the DC court upholds the law once, it becomes extremely difficult to challenge elsewhere.🚨🚨
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THE ADVERTISING MEASUREMENT LOOPHOLE🚨🚨

Page 39, Section 233(b): "Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to limit the processing of personal information solely for measuring or reporting advertising or content performance, reach, or frequency, including through an independent measurement."

➡️⚠️🚨The "Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Act" does not stop profiling for advertising measurement. It only stops "market research." Platforms can still process minor's personal information for advertising performance metrics. This is the commercial exploitation pathway left open while the privacy provisions are presented as protections. 😆
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[The General @GeneralMCNews]

BREAKING: The United States House has rejected Thomas Massie’s amendment to stop the integration of the United States military with Israel’s under Section 219 (formerly Section 224) of the NDAA.

[Luminaire (THAC0 Gatekeeper) @ChronoLuminaire]

So let me make sure I understand this
@KenPaxtonTX

The phone I PAID FOR, on an account through the phone company I PAY FOR. With a credit card I had to SHOW ID TO ACQUIRE does not prove I am an adult? The fuck are you smoking. This isn't about protecting children this is about surveillance and censorship. FUCK OFF.

[Abdulkadir | Cybersecurity @cyber_razz]

Flock Safety is one of the most contested surveillance technologies in the US right now and the story has accelerated significantly in 2026.

The basic product is an Automatic License Plate Reader network. Flock Safety cameras do not just record video. They capture, analyse, and store license plate data along with vehicle characteristics including roof racks and bumper stickers, creating searchable databases that law enforcement and private entities can access. 

The scale is significant. Flock has more than 12,000 clients across the US including more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies, HOAs, and businesses.  What started as neighbourhood security cameras became a nationwide surveillance network that most people never consented to or even knew existed.

The core controversy is data sharing. Dayton, Ohio found more than 7,000 cases of searches relating to immigration enforcement made by outside entities on their Flock data, which city officials called egregious violations of policy. The city covered the cameras with trash bags pending removal. 

EFF obtained datasets representing more than 12 million searches logged by more than 3,900 agencies and found agencies logged hundreds of searches related to political demonstrations including protest movements throughout 2025.  People attending protests were being tracked by license plate.

The backlash is now substantial. Between August 2021 and May 2026, 82 Flock contracts were terminated across 28 states, with the pace accelerating sharply in the last six months. 

The structural problem is deeper than any single misuse. Many cameras are privately owned by HOAs but connected to regional and national law enforcement networks, far beyond what residents originally agreed to when they approved neighbourhood security cameras. 

Over 22,000 law enforcement users have system access with minimal oversight on who searches the databases and why. 

The technology itself is not inherently malicious. It has solved real crimes. The problem is that a system installed to find stolen cars in a gated community is now feeding into federal immigration enforcement, political protest monitoring, and databases accessible by thousands of agencies with no warrant requirement and no notification to the people being tracked.

Your car’s location history is being logged, stored, and shared. You were never asked.

[Sierra @Sierra_rak]

Socialism means collective ownership of means of production.

Means of production are land, labor and capital.

If we collectivize labor, you no longer own your own labor privately.

In practice the state owns your labor, therefore socialism is essentially slavery.

So when you advocate for socialism, you’re advocating for slavery.

[SpartanD63 @SpartanD63]

@Shizukougames By going back into the backlog, you will also find games from a time when they were meant to be fun, not just meant to drain your wallet with microtransactions

[Tim Sharp 🍊 🍊 🇺🇸 @realtimsharp]

While everyone was focused on foreign policy, over 106k surveillance cameras were installed in America.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Flock Safety Cameras are no longer being used just as license plate readers or traffic safety

This flock camera is a playground, there is no traffic to monitor. I found local governments are now just placing Flock cameras in areas where they believe crime risks might be higher

Which means they are no just straight up being used for mass surveillance of Americans without a warrant

This is the surveillance and police state being established

Again, these are no longer just traffic cameras they’re being used for surveillance

Ban them nationwide

[Kentucky Statesman @ky_statesman]

The prison walls are literally going up around us.

[SpartanD63 @SpartanD63]

@Shizukougames Halo. Couldn't say how many times lol

[SpartanD63 @SpartanD63]

@Shizukougames I still have some friends I met in Halo 3 when it was new

[SpartanD63 @SpartanD63]

@learning_yohei I learned a bit of German. I actually took 3 years of classes in high school, but remember very little since I didn't have much chance to use it.

[SpartanD63 @SpartanD63]

@MizoChris I switched full time to Omarchy after W11 nuked an SSD, so yes

[SpartanD63 @SpartanD63]

@PRAGMATAgame @davidmenkin Easily one of the best games I've played in recent years. Thanks for the effort of everyone involved. The story hit me right in the feelings, I loved the interactions between Hugh and Diana, and the amazing voice work went a long way to sell the whole experience.

[SpartanD63 @SpartanD63]

@pcgamer Conveniently ignored in the headline is that the boat is for oceanic research... Not some scummy private resort for the rich. But of course the writers have to villainize the only company in the games space that isn't publicly traded (controlled)