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California’s age verification law could regulate every Linux command

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 02, 2026
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MidnightBSD, an open-source operating system, recently announced it would block California residents entirely rather than risk liability under the state’s new age-verification law.

California’s AB 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act, was signed in October 2025 and takes effect January 1, 2027. Under its terms, anyone who…

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