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fromTheregister
5 days ago

System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks

Today, I met with Colorado Senator Matt Ball, co-author of Colorado OS Age Attestation Bill SB26-051. Sen. Ball suggested excluding open source software from the bill. This appears to be a real possibility. Amendments are expected for the CA age attestation bill. It's my hope we can move fast enough to influence excluding open source in the CA bill amendments.
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fromTheregister
1 week ago

US state laws push age checks into the operating system

Multiple US states are mandating operating systems collect and share user age data with app stores and online services to restrict minors from inappropriate content, creating compliance challenges for FOSS vendors.
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