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A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

March 1, 2026

The government of California is implementing a law that requires operating system providers to implement some form of age verification into their account setup procedures. Assembly Bill No. 1043 was…

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Discord’s age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

February 15, 2026

Last week, Discord invited the contempt of its users by announcing it will be rolling out global age verification restrictions in March, which will restrict viewable content and communities for…

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Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam’s new censorship rules in victory against ‘porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists’, and things only get weirder from there

July 22, 2025

Collective Shout, an Australian anti-pornography group, has claimed credit for Steam's recent removal of a large number of sexually explicit games and new, stricter moderation guidelines regarding such material. In…