#eupol #uspol #chatControl #StopChatControl
Fellow Europeans: Some wily Americans have figured out a way - imperfect though it may be - as to how to (a) do age control without doing ID and (b) take some wind out of the sails of tracking in general... It's not gonna be perfect, there will be arguments, but it may well be a good place to start.
Short description of the law:
> Prohibits controllers from processing personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising, or selling personal data that pertains to a consumer, if the controller has actual knowledge, or disregards knowledge of whether, a consumer is under 16 years of age or if the personal data accurately identifies within a radius of 1,750 feet a consumer's present or past location or the present or past location of a device that links or is linkable to the consumer. <
Full text (you probably need a VPN with a US endpoint to read):
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2008
(Now, if this takes off, I'll probably mute it because I want the discussion taking place in The Rooms Where It Happens, not on my tlmeline, because that's where it _needs_ to be discussed... ) (In other words, no shooting the messenger. I'm throwing ideas, I'm not the one that needs to be told that I might be wrong. I want Chat Control _dead_, and if that means I'm wrong, IDGAFF.)