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

• 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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