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emddudley 35 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

California passed a law AB-1043 that requires every OS developer to add age verification on the OS level.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-...

japgolly 35 days ago [–]

> every OS developer

They exempted Linux, from what I remember reading.

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