OS Age Verification Watch

Zorin OS's bold refusal of age verification spotlights OSS prioritizing privacy over mandates:

• Publicly rejects CA AB1043's age attestation for...

Major privacy victory: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed AB 93, rejecting age verification mandates for sites with "harmful to minors" content due to...

UK law mandates Apple's age verification update, but users call it ridiculous for not accepting passports – highlighting implementation flaws in forced compliance.

OS-Level Age Verification Mandates

• 🔥 Microsoft Windows Feature: Microsoft is introducing mandatory age verification checks in Windows using ID...

Major hurdles plague Apple's UK age checks: debit cards fail, driving license scans glitch, locking users out.

• Workarounds surge: Updated IDs,...

Privacy-first trial underway: Ireland's Government Digital Wallet stores digital birth certificates and licenses for secure age checks on social...

OS-level biometrics invade admin access, mandating ID and face scans—turning webcams into surveillance tools.

• Hidden rollout primed for laws:...

• Bipartisan push in Arizona to ban social media for under-16s without parental consent, via app store age estimation and verification.
• Opponents...

Open-source resistance rises as Debian, a volunteer-driven project, challenges privacy-invasive laws unlike corporate Linux distros.

• CA's AB 1043...

Big Tech Funding Age Verification

• 🔥 OpenAI Exposed in Scam: OpenAI is funding AI ID age verification through a child safety group pushing...

Age-verification laws are impacting sex educators' work and decreasing sex workers' incomes, separate surveys suggest. A direct hit on civil liberties for vital education and livelihoods.

Device-level age checks expanding fast from UK pilot, hitting Singapore (licenses/ID cards), South Korea (annual carrier re-verification), Brazil...

• OpenAI funds AI ID age verification and a 'child safety group' lobbying legislation.
• Meta and ChatGPT back AI facial scans and invasive checks.
• Laws are bought via payments to politicians for mandatory ID verification, threatening privacy.

US OS-Level Proposals

• 🔥 New Jersey Parents Decide Act: U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer proposes the Empowering Parents to Protect Their Children’s...

Advocacy group pushing age verification for AI revealed as backed by OpenAI, raising red flags on Big Tech motives—what does OpenAI gain? Privacy erosion risks mount in such industry-driven mandates.

New Jersey bill escalates US state push for device age checks:

• Requires Apple/Google to verify users under 18 at phone/tablet setup
• Verification...

Singapore's IMDA enforces app store age assurance for under-18s on dating/porn apps:

• Microsoft/Xbox: Facial estimation, Singpass, or govt ID scan
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• Adult locked out: 50yo UK iPhone user can't verify age without credit card, passport, or driving license.
• PayPal workaround: Virtual credit card...

Privacy Advocacy Calls to Action

• ⚡ Fedora Urges Contacting Representatives: Fedora Discussion post calls on users to contact elected...

• Adult exclusion: 50yo UK iPhone user stuck verifying age—no credit card, passport, or photo driving license accepted.
• Narrow verification:...