California Moves to Exempt Linux from Age-Verification Law

Originally published on Tom’s Hardware — May 25, 2026

Summary

California lawmakers have proposed exempting Linux from the state’s upcoming age-verification law following significant backlash. The amendment, proposed by the same lawmaker who authored the original bill, addresses concerns that forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages would fundamentally break Linux’s privacy model and open-source distribution. The story was the top post on Hacker News with 662 points.

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