California Passes AB-1856 For Open-Source Relief Over Age Verification

California Passes AB-1856 For Open-Source Relief Over Age Verification

As an update to the May story about California's age verification law may end up exempting most Linux distributions, that AB-1856 bill has finally passed!

Techrights — Criminals Don't Obey Laws, California Does Not Enhance Online Safety

It has been a while since we last mentioned so-called 'age-verification' laws

California’s Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact

California lawmakers have approved AB 1856, requiring age signals from covered operating systems while keeping its open-source carve-out intact.

California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.