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Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux (itsfoss.com)
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The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

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[–] lonesomeCat@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not an expert in law. But wouldn't the maintainers be fined if an underage used it in California? Given that they can obtain it without any sort of location spoofing

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago

Not an expert in law either, but I Am pretty sure, that they would not be fined.