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California passes law requiring ID checks for all operating systems | Governor Newsom signs bills to further strengthen California’s leadership in protecting children online (www.gov.ca.gov)
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AB-1043 "Age verification signals: software applications and online services."

Text https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

Other info https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

California AB 1043 signed. Mandatory os-level, device-level, app store, and even developer-required age verification for all computing devices.

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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Likely yes, though it won't matter to me. I'll recompile from suitably modified source code if it comes to that.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    They might try to stop Linux from booting at all with locked bootloaders.

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