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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] iuseasahibtw@ani.social 64 points 3 months ago (8 children)

It’s being exempt because the Government can’t enforce this requirement on FOSS. Linux isn’t managed by a corporation and I don’t think people realize this yet.

[–] Sualtam@lemmus.org 3 points 3 months ago

You can't force it on any Linux distro, but on everybody who has to give a shit about compliance.

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