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

From Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.devel, linux.debian.legal
Subject Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states
Date 2026-03-04 23:50 +0100
Message-ID <Mv3ct-53RN-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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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@debian.org

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On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-01 20:50 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states "Vincent F. Heuser Jr." <vheuser@heuserlawoffice.com> - 2026-03-01 21:40 +0100
    Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-01 21:50 +0100
      Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states "Vincent F. Heuser Jr." <vheuser@heuserlawoffice.com> - 2026-03-01 22:50 +0100
      Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-01 23:20 +0100
      Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Jamie Null <lav@lavender.earth> - 2026-03-01 23:30 +0100
      Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states "Vincent F. Heuser Jr." <vheuser@heuserlawoffice.com> - 2026-04-06 21:20 +0200
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states David Edmundson <david@davidedmundson.co.uk> - 2026-03-01 21:50 +0100
    Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-01 22:00 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-01 22:30 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it> - 2026-03-01 22:30 +0100
    Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-01 22:50 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Stephan Verbücheln <verbuecheln@posteo.de> - 2026-03-02 08:10 +0100
    Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-04 01:40 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Henrik Ahlgren <pablo@seestieto.com> - 2026-03-02 08:20 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-04 01:50 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Moritz Schlarb <moschlar@debian.org> - 2026-03-04 09:10 +0100
    Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2026-03-04 23:50 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-06 02:50 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-10 03:20 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> - 2026-03-10 03:50 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Artur Manuel <amadaluzia@disroot.org> - 2026-03-10 04:40 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Jamie Null <lav@lavender.earth> - 2026-03-11 05:20 +0100
    Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Otto Kekäläinen <otto@debian.org> - 2026-03-25 02:20 +0100
      Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-25 02:30 +0100
        Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2026-03-25 11:30 +0100
      Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2026-03-25 13:10 +0100
        Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2026-03-25 14:00 +0100
        Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2026-03-25 14:00 +0100
        Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> - 2026-03-25 17:00 +0100
        Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Alexandru Mihail <alexandru.mihail2897@gmail.com> - 2026-03-25 20:50 +0100
          Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Rob BC <kardain@mailfence.com> - 2026-03-26 03:20 +0100
            Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2026-03-26 04:00 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 00:40 +0100
  Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal  compliance reasons in some U.S. states Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org> - 2026-04-06 17:50 +0200

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