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A comment on California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash. Parent comment

Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by olalonde on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @04:04AM (#48276615)
Lawmakers should have foreseen this would be the consequence of the law and not have gone through with it.
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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by shakna on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @04:50AM (#48276958)
The law does mandate that opting out should be as easy as opting in. The choices are meant to be equal. It is simply that no one is actually compliant.
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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by olalonde on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @07:34AM (#48278306)
They could and should have foreseen this as well.
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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by jabwd on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @05:16AM (#48277168)
It is all in the law, the problem is enforcement. 99% of the cookie banners on the web you'll encounter are in fact illegal.
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