Linux Age Verification: FOSS in the Brave New World

Описание: How will Linux distros be impacted by legislation that requires operating systems to record and report the age of users?

REFERENCES:

Carl Richell blog post “System76 on Age Verification Laws”:
https://blog.system76.com/post/system...

Canonical response to California Act:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu...

Ageless Linux website: https://agelesslinux.org/index.html

Adendix Homepage: https://www.adenixgnulinux.org

MidnightBSD GitHub page: https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src?ta...

The Periodic Table of Distros on DistroWatch: https://distrowatch.com/images/other/...

Carl Richell tweet on open source and Colorado bill: https://x.com/carlrichell/status/2031...

LEGISLATION:

California Assembly Bill No.1043: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...

Colorado Senate Bill 26-051: https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/1...

Brazil Digital Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA Digital - Law No. 15,211/2025): https://www.gov.br/mdh/pt-br/assuntos...

UK Online Safety Act -- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...

Australia Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A...

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Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
01:10 Rising Legislation
05:18 Compliance Practicalities
07:44 The Linux Response
12:12 The Road Ahead

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