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Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado (itsfoss.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.

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[–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I would not accuse the legislators of any decency of thought only that open source would be far harder to police due to its more nebulous and intermingled path to the client with far less money at the end of it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There may have also been some big money lobbyists from companies like Google, Amazon, etc, that pointed out how much money it would have cost their poor shareholders to implement.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    The entire dynamic is off somehow, so age verification is for the safety of children but won't be implemented on some platforms for reasons that are by extension more pressing than child safety, as if such reasons might exist. It is almost like age verification is actually nothing to do with child safety.

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