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The Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection is holding a hearing on April 16th to discuss AB 1856. Below is my position letter which I submitted via https://apcp.assembly.ca.gov/

It's similar to my first letter to my reps but I modified it to focus on OSS, my biggest concern.

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My name is Chris Taylor. I grew up in California and got a computer engineering degree from UCSB. I've worked on defense robotics, drones, and other high-stakes industrial systems (trains, forklift trucks), with experience in cybersecurity and AI.

Having lived in a number of states, I've come to appreciate what a good job California does at legislating technology, like with consumer protections, privacy, or protecting startups' ability to compete with incumbents.

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California recently passed AB 1043, an age verification law. This pretty much takes Google and Apple's existing age verification mechanisms, enshrines them into law, and lets the state AG punish anyone who doesn't comply. This could really hurt open source software.

I wrote about my concerns in a blog post here: https://chrisfun.xyz/letter

I'm going to submit a position letter telling them how I feel at https://apcp.assembly.ca.gov/ and take a stab at introducing a carveout for open source software.

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