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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — ame...

Tom's Hardware Forum [Unofficial] May 27, 2026
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California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act after privacy backlash and concerns that the law would force open-source operating systems to become age-verification platforms.

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