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Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support

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Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago

The project removes the birthDate field systemd added last week in response to age verification laws.

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I can see it’s just an optional text field but the ick isn’t optional. It’s leaning towards submission in comparison to resistance. I’m hoping such laws get repealed, rather than spread.

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