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   Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2026 19:45:11 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

   New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/new-us-congress-bill-proposal-requires-all-operating-system-providers-to-verify-ages/

   #Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification

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     Jeff Clough (jcnotwit@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2026 19:45:10 JST Jeff Clough

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     @gamingonlinux It's going to be awful, and go far beyond what the states are mandating, if I read his official announcement correctly.

     https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-announces-bipartisan-parents-decide-act-to-protect-kids-online

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     Ondrej Zizka (ondrejzizka@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2026 20:11:53 JST Ondrej Zizka

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     @gamingonlinux And the US folks laughed at the EU cookies law...

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     Kaito (kaito02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2026 21:39:49 JST Kaito

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     @gamingonlinux Here's Josh's livestream of the announcement, I think it doesn't have enough comments

     https://www.youtube.com/live/21Ao9ExQaAA

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     Koen Hufkens, PhD (koen_hufkens@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2026 22:02:46 JST Koen Hufkens, PhD

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     @gamingonlinux So your smart fridge will now be collecting data, as it arguably has an OS (as do most other IoT devices). This is fine...

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     Dibs (dtwx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Apr-2026 22:36:29 JST Dibs

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     As @gamingonlinux well knows, this is already happening to UK users, thanks to the OSA. We've already lost access to simple services like Imgur. Giphy/Tenor can't be far from introducing some sort of checks either.

     To be honest, if we MUST have age verification, I'd rather verify once with my OS vendor (likely based on account age) than for every single app/service/API.

     It's the timing that baffles me...

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     Randall Lee (bltpizza@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 00:21:44 JST Randall Lee

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     @gamingonlinux no fucking way

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     #belfast2corkrun (dazrunner@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 05:09:54 JST #belfast2corkrun

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     @gamingonlinux how will this be possible in an open source operating system?

     The relevant code will easily be bypassed or disabled. Gotta love #FOSS

     #linux #ubuntu