So, OS-level age-gating is going federal, which will effectively kill your rights to device ownership and what’s left of free speech and expression.
Enjoy your free speech while you still have it because this is a clear attempt to erase that right.
SOPA never died, it just went into hiding until time to reemerge, and now’s that time, this is basically SOPA in a save the kids trenchcoat.
Wouldn’t GrapheneOS have the Linux kernel and therefor also the same age restrictions? Genuine question here.
The bill targets “operating system providers” and it’s called GrapheneOS. So yes, they would be subject to this law if they are based in USA.
They’re based in Canada, and given their privacy-focused approach I can’t imagine they’d implement such a feature.
They’ve already stated quite clearly that they will not implement age verification.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws
You know till Canada does it and then they won’t have a choice.
I doubt if our courts will allow such a law.
This would have to live at the distro level I believe, not at the kernel level