😂 HAH, everybody in Texas always brags about freedom, yet they’re trying to do this??
3 days ago | 170
"Protecting kids" is the job of parents, not a nanny state 🤮
3 days ago | 313
Both IOS and Android have very easy to use parental controls. Censorship and mass surveillance. No other reason.
2 days ago | 53
UK gave us dozens of reasons why this is a bad idea. If you want your ID stolen so that someone else can frame you while they commit crimes, please indeed do not protest and do nothing.
2 days ago | 26
let’s see Mr Free Speech Musk shift X’s HQ out of Texas or not
3 days ago | 94
They got us so fucked up that GOOGLE of all companies are starting to come out with shit like "doesn't need to know"
2 days ago | 19
You know you're cooked when both the companies and people are lobbying against a law.
2 days ago | 8
Look at the UK, its digital id for everyone, connected to everything in your life, its the final nail in the coffin for freedom.....
2 days ago | 28
I’m European, but I thought Texas was the American state with the most freedom? I guess I was terribly wrong.
2 days ago | 16
OH HELL NAH, MY OWN HOME STATE, AGAINST MY PRIVACY!?!? GET OUT 🤬 FIRST THE DEVICE BANNING IN ALL SCHOOLS, NOW THIS? this is an outrage
3 days ago (edited) | 38
Broooo if you wanna keep your kids safe dont let them on the internet bruh
2 days ago | 14
Apple and Google are ONLY saying that since they alrrady have all ur info and don't wanna bother having to implement an ID check since that costs money.
2 days ago | 16
Texaa has gone too far, i do not have to hand over any id to download fucking toca life.
3 days ago | 22
The bloody flip? A friend of mine recently played around with the beta swiss e-ID, one of the demo applications is age verification, where you just get a true/false from the government. That’s the ONLY even REMOTELY REASONABLE version of mandatory ID verification for all but very specific purposes. Nonetheless, that’s gonna be an absolute disaster, especially in the US
3 days ago | 14
Yeah sure we went from "don't use your real name as your username, don't share any personal information online" to just handing over your ID to every single site and app out there. America is a joke
1 day ago | 2
Techlore
Texas is trying to destroy app privacy for everyone. Starting 2026: Texas law requires age verification for all app downloads. Want to check the weather? Hand over "sensitive, personally identifiable information."
➡️ Apple: "We are concerned that SB2420 impacts the privacy of users by requiring the collection of sensitive, personally identifiable information to download any app, even if a user simply wants to check the weather or sports scores."
➡️ Google: "A weather app doesn't need to know if a user is a kid."
What you can do:
✅ Use a VPN to appear outside these states
✅ Contact your reps!!
✅ Support orgs fighting these laws (EFF, ACLU)
✅ Understand: "protecting kids" is often code for mass surveillance
✅ Push both Apple & Google to allow/keep 3rd-party app installations!
Source: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/apple-and-goog…
3 days ago | [YT] | 1,060