California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash

Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by no_wizard on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @10:39AM (#48280495)

In the US all the age verification legislation is written by data broker companies that want to mine this data. The government also wants to be able to have access to this information by proxy.

It’s not written the way it’s written because they’re oblivious it’s written the way it’s written because it’s plain lobbying writing the bill.

For example, there’s little in the way of protections in how the age verification would be protected or prevent the analytics from being sold

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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by miki123211 on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @11:25AM (#48281100)

How do you know?

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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by vetrom on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @01:05PM (#48282557)

Take the volume and mass of lobbying by all of data broker companies, data collection companies, and executive agencies.

Combine that with the character of practically every law written involving data privacy, use, IP, and associated regulation of activity around these since the 1990s. It becomes painfully clear that the interests of private citizens have not had a seat at the table, and the Constitution has been taken as an inconvenience to bypass, not a guiding document.

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