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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/linux@programming.dev
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Apparently this will include Linux...

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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Software would ask the OS for the age range of the user (under 13, 13-15, 16-17, 18+). The software would implement content filters based on these age ranges.

The OS is only responsible for requiring the user to set an age and providing the age range to software.