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  "path": "/threads/california-moves-to-exempt-linux-from-its-upcoming-age-verification-law-after-backlash-over-forcing-operating-systems-to-collect-users%E2%80%99-ages-%E2%80%94-ame.3896360/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T11:27:58.000Z",
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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... : Read more"
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  "textContent": "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.\n\n**California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages —  ame... : Read more **",
  "title": "California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages —  ame..."
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