Adam Demasi2d ago

I didn’t think this needed to be said, but don’t make up conspiracy theories about Linux projects complying with the age verification laws. You’re frustrated like we all are, but you’re directing it at the party that has little power other than to implement it as minimally as possible.

Instead, contact the lawmakers that passed this without listening to groups such as the EFF, who warned them about how it affects platforms other than Apple and Google’s. There’s still time before the laws come into effect.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone

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A.B. 1043’s Internet Age Gates Hurt Everyone

EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They create unnecessary and unconstitutional barriers for adults and young people to access information and express themselves online. They hurt small and open-source...

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Show threadOblomov2d ago
@kirb there was literally no need to implement anything.
Show threadben2d ago

@oblomov of course there was. How do you think it helps to pretend otherwise?

@kirb

Show threadOblomov2d ago
@benjamineskola @kirb no, there was not.
Show threadben2d ago

@oblomov how not? do you imagine that the law simply goes away if you wish hard enough, or do you think that people in (e.g.) california should simply be forced to use windows or macos instead?

@kirb

Show threadlou.2d ago

@benjamineskola @oblomov @kirb

Let them try to enforce it

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@benjamineskola @oblomov @kirb

We will need to get used to questioning the legitimacy of 'the law' including the possibility that compliance might be unethical. Not just in the US context, but definitely in the US.

Mar 21 at 3:22pmWeb