Mastodawn

systemd, the base of most Linux systems, merged in the basics of an age verification system.

This is a massive fuck you to every queer child that the FOSS community cares more about money than user freedom.

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954

userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd

Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...

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LEdoian Mar 21

@wwahammy Unfortunately not the only one that tries to comply in advance, as seen on the xdg mailing list this month (so far)

(Note: yes, #TheyHaveNames, but the emails also have bodies and some people there are opposing the proposals. Please don't shame everyone involved without trying to understand them lol)

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Eric Schultz

@ledoian I definitely wasn't criticizing all people at those links. There are a lot of good people fighting. But we need to remember those who are perpetrating evil.