Ubuntu Linux is planning to comply with Age Verification law.

On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043510.html

On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

@nixCraft

Wish I could even say "pathway to hell is paved with good intentions," but there are
zero good intentions behind these efforts. This is all part of an effort to de-anonymize the Internet pushed through the Trojan Horse of "protect children" (haven't heard the other common rubric, "fight terrorism," used for these efforts).