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Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux (itsfoss.com)

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The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

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[–] Uncut_Lemon@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Maybe it should be a parents job to parent, and not leave it to governments and companies to parent children.

Most of these issues that age verification is trying to solve is a parenting issues. A teen is still going to likely find a way around this nonsense without any repercussions. It's a parents job to teach children how to be safe in public spaces and the etiquette required.

No idea why systemd is even bending a knee to any of this at all. Doesn't even seem like a problem systems should ever try resolve. That should be a distro maintner issue at worst case.