Comment on California makes Linux, OSS software exempt from age verification law.

4am@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Further, this is temporary. Anyone wanting to skirt the law will just use Linux, and eventually there will be a lot of public cases and this loophole will be closed.

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  • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, anyone wanting to skirt the law will say they are an adult.

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    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age, setting AB 1043 apart from similar laws passed in Texas and Utah that require “commercially reasonable” verification methods, such as government-issued ID checks. Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, who authored the bill, said this “avoids constitutional concerns by focusing strictly on age assurance, not content moderation,” in a press release. The bill passed both chambers unanimously, 76-0 in the Assembly and 38-0 in the Senate."

      This is legitimately hilarious.

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• far_university1990@reddthat.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This a feature, not bug.

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• tomatoely@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If it really comes to that I hope Valve lawyers the fuck up so it gets to fight this

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