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California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] baller_w@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

The law does not require photo ID uploadsor 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.

Seems toothless. Good.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like they're lampooning the other laws tbh

[–] scbasteve@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago

Feels more like they see the direction tides are turning and they want to get ahead of it. They implement the laziest and easiest to work around age verification, and then if down the line age verification is required on a federal level, California can say they already did it.