nixCraft 🐧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
Jonathan Kamens 86 47@nixCraft as noted in https://masto.bike/@stephavelo/116171037808417595 , the statement in your post is not accurate. Please update your post to correct the misinformation or take it down.
Steph à vélo (@[email protected])
@[email protected] "Canonical is aware of the legislation and is reviewing it internally with legal counsel, but there are currently no concrete plans on how, or even whether, Ubuntu will change in response. The recent mailing list post is an informal conversation among Ubuntu community members, not an announcement." https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntus-response-to-californias-digital-age-assurance-act-ab-1043/77948 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043534.html
Francisca Sinn