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California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

LibreOffice can be used to produce and consume Pornographic Content in the form of of erotic stories, so it makes sense (within the "logic" of this law) that it's age-gated.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It cannot serve such content (or any content, for that matter). You have to either get the content (from an app that would have an age gate, such as a Web browser) or make it yourself. The law is about serving content, not about making or viewing it.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago

Ok, that does make sense.