Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you are. We won't

Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by 20after4 on Sunday March 15, 2026 @01:31AM (#47384606)

This reddit thread¹ details thoroughly the connection to Meta (Facebook) and to a lesser extent Discord as being behind the push in the US.

1. https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_b...

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by anon_shill on Sunday March 15, 2026 @07:02AM (#47386220)

Did you read it? It does neither of those things. It establishes that Meta is fighting to amend these regulatory bills to push onus onto operating systems and Discord isn’t named once in the OP.

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by 20after4 on Sunday March 15, 2026 @07:26AM (#47386344)

Your username is appropriate.

From rfk: “Rep. Kim Carver (R-Bossier City), the sponsor of Louisiana's HB-570, publicly confirmed that a Meta lobbyist brought the legislative language directly to her. “

That’s more than fighting to amend. I’m not sure where I got the discord connection but I thought it was from that link. I’ve read a few things on this subject recently so I may have mixed up two different sources.

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by enoint on Sunday March 15, 2026 @09:06AM (#47387038)

Obviously Discord is related. I can simultaneously support age constraints and also *not want my child’s 18th birthday leaked under any circumstances*.

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