Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.

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    In a perfect world this means that closed ecosystem operating systems. Like windows, Mac and android. Who have an unfair amount of control and power over their customer base. Will be held to a higher standard by the law.

    Since the potential for abuse is higher with windows or android then say arch or fedora.

    That increased control should come at a downside of increased responsibility. There’s nothing stopping Microsoft or Google from releasing control and becoming more transparent in theory.

    So if everything was in magical fairy land. This sort of enforced liability would push software towards more open standards with less burden of responsibility on the creators and more responsibility on the user.

    Since really that’s where the responsibility should mostly be. It should be the user or parents of the user who decide how a system is used. And it should be the users responsibility to ensure they are adhering to laws and regulations.