{"id":225392,"date":"2026-03-19T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/how-old-are-you-linux-grapples-with-new-age-check-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:35:12","slug":"how-old-are-you-linux-grapples-with-new-age-check-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/how-old-are-you-linux-grapples-with-new-age-check-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"‘How Old Are You?’ Linux Grapples With New Age Check Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘How Old Are You?’ Linux Grapples With New Age Check Rules<\/a><\/p>\n

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Multiple US State Laws Set to Require Age Attestation by Operating Systems<\/span>
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\n Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) \u2022
\n March 19, 2026<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Linux distribution maintainers are among the developers scrambling to respond to a raft of upcoming laws that will require them to comply with age-check mandates.<\/p>\n

Many of the proposed laws being introduced across the United States by state legislators, including in Colorado, Illinois and New York, are broadly similar, and backed by platform providers such as Meta (see: Global Push for Age Verification Raises Security Concerns).<\/p>\n

A California law due to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027, requires in part that operating system developers add a feature that will transmit an age signal whenever a user attempts to access an application store or download an application. <\/p>\n

“‘Signal’ means age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system to an application,” reads the text of the law. As with other states, these brackets are under 13 years of age, 13 to under 16, 16 to under 18, and 18 and over. <\/p>\n

The law requires OS providers and app store operators to make “a good faith effort to comply,” by “taking into consideration available technology and any reasonable technical limitations or…<\/p>\n

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