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

Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by d1sxeyes on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @04:04PM (#48299793)

I agree with all the points here, but the task force report is not law, and this is not “clearly stated” (this specific phrase is fine, but the rest of the document is full of disclaimers).

It’s a useful guide on how the law is likely to be interpreted, and likely influences the interpretation itself, but my inner pedant is not satisfied.

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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by 1718627440 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @06:33PM (#48301680)

Yeah, it was the closest I could find, but I don't really care that much to search the actual laws. I would expect it to be true, it's basically what you hear in the news and all the advise says that you should do that, when you create a GDPR-compliant website.

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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by d1sxeyes on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @11:05PM (#48303934)

> Yeah, it was the closest I could find

Yeah, me too, which is why I challenged OP on the claim that it's 'clearly stated'.

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