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Artix isn't going to comply with age-gating. (forum.artixlinux.org)

submitted 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Per the very first reply on their thread discussing it in their forums, which I linked directly to for the post title:

We'll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user.

However, what's gonna happen should the attempts to age-gate the XDG portal screw over alt-init distros like Artix too? My guess is maybe they start blocking regions which force age gating like Arch Linux 32 is doing.

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

We'll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user.

This sentence doesn't give me confidence that they have read the law.

[–] RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 4 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

You can not comply with laws. Its how all piracy sites and most social media sites work

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 1 points 11 minutes ago (1 children)

The law definitely doesn't require OSes to require users to verify their age or identity themselves.

[–] RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 1 points 6 minutes ago

At least one of the laws made the OS responsible if the determined age is not correct, meaning if you don't verify the age you may still be commiting a crime, even if it is not required