On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

Soren Stoutner soren at debian.org
Wed Mar 4 22:39:57 UTC 2026


I think that for the time being Debian (and other Linux distributions) should 
do nothing towards implementing this dangerous legislation.

https://reason.com/2026/03/04/computer-scientists-caution-against-internet-age-verification-mandates/

I expect that it will be either overturned or unenforced in the United States, 
at least in the short run.

-- 
Soren Stoutner
soren at debian.org
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