California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification
#OpenSource #Linux #California #AB1856
#OpenSource #Linux #California #AB1856
California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification
The age verification bill in California AB-1856 has passed with the exemptions for open source left intact.
www.gamingonlinux.com
August 31, 2026 at 8:57 AM
California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification
#OpenSource #Linux #California #AB1856
#OpenSource #Linux #California #AB1856
legiscan.com/CA/text/AB18... "“Operating system provider” does not mean a person or entity that distributes an operating system or application under license terms that permit a recipient to copy, redistribute, and modify the software."
California AB1856 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Bill Text (2026-08-27) Age verification signals: software applications. [Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.).]
legiscan.com
August 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
legiscan.com/CA/text/AB18... "“Operating system provider” does not mean a person or entity that distributes an operating system or application under license terms that permit a recipient to copy, redistribute, and modify the software."
#savespeech #notodigitalID
California is trying to amend its OS AV law (AB1043) to expand its use from apps to websites through AB1856. It passed one committee (Privacy & Consumer Protection) & has been sent to another ( Committee on Appropriations).
action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/califor...
California is trying to amend its OS AV law (AB1043) to expand its use from apps to websites through AB1856. It passed one committee (Privacy & Consumer Protection) & has been sent to another ( Committee on Appropriations).
action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/califor...
action.freespeechcoalition.com
April 29, 2026 at 2:36 AM
#savespeech #notodigitalID
California is trying to amend its OS AV law (AB1043) to expand its use from apps to websites through AB1856. It passed one committee (Privacy & Consumer Protection) & has been sent to another ( Committee on Appropriations).
action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/califor...
California is trying to amend its OS AV law (AB1043) to expand its use from apps to websites through AB1856. It passed one committee (Privacy & Consumer Protection) & has been sent to another ( Committee on Appropriations).
action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/califor...
#savespeech #NoToDigitalID
Fri. FYI - US Megathread:
- It appears CA AB1856 has passed the senate. No clear action on CA AB 1709 or CA AB 2047
- Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Fri. FYI - US Megathread:
- It appears CA AB1856 has passed the senate. No clear action on CA AB 1709 or CA AB 2047
- Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
California AB1856 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Summary (2026-08-27) Age verification signals: software applications. [Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.).]
legiscan.com
August 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
#savespeech #NoToDigitalID
Fri. FYI - US Megathread:
- It appears CA AB1856 has passed the senate. No clear action on CA AB 1709 or CA AB 2047
- Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Fri. FYI - US Megathread:
- It appears CA AB1856 has passed the senate. No clear action on CA AB 1709 or CA AB 2047
- Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #notopornban
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, NEW TODAY:
- CA AB 1709 & 1856 have been approved by the Governor with no additional changes
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, NEW TODAY:
- CA AB 1709 & 1856 have been approved by the Governor with no additional changes
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
California AB1856 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Summary (2026-09-10) Age verification signals: software applications. [Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2026.]
legiscan.com
September 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #notopornban
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, NEW TODAY:
- CA AB 1709 & 1856 have been approved by the Governor with no additional changes
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, NEW TODAY:
- CA AB 1709 & 1856 have been approved by the Governor with no additional changes
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
カリフォルニアではOSSは除外されたけど、他のところではわからないものだ。受難の時期は続くのだろう。
カリフォルニア州、LinuxをOSの「年齢確認義務」から除外へ - 修正法案を可決 | TECH+（テックプラス） news.mynavi.jp/techplus/art...
カリフォルニア州、LinuxをOSの「年齢確認義務」から除外へ - 修正法案を可決 | TECH+（テックプラス） news.mynavi.jp/techplus/art...
カリフォルニア州、LinuxをOSの「年齢確認義務」から除外へ - 修正法案を可決
米カリフォルニア州議会は、オペレーティングシステム(OS)に利用者の年齢情報の申告を求める「デジタル年齢保証法」を修正し、Linuxなどのオープンソースソフトウェア(OSS)を対象から除外する法案「AB1856」を可決した。AB1856は上下両院での審議を終え、ニューサム知事の署名を待つ段階となった。
news.mynavi.jp
September 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
カリフォルニアではOSSは除外されたけど、他のところではわからないものだ。受難の時期は続くのだろう。
カリフォルニア州、LinuxをOSの「年齢確認義務」から除外へ - 修正法案を可決 | TECH+（テックプラス） news.mynavi.jp/techplus/art...
カリフォルニア州、LinuxをOSの「年齢確認義務」から除外へ - 修正法案を可決 | TECH+（テックプラス） news.mynavi.jp/techplus/art...
#savespeech #notoDigitalID
Friday FYI - US:
State Laws to Oppose(1/:
- CA AB 1709, social media ban for u16s
- CA OS AV law Ammendment AB1856 for apps & sites. Passed one committee so far
- NH SB 648
- IL SB 3977 & HB 5511(In Executive of Senate. 20 days left in session)
- MA AV bill, H5366
Friday FYI - US:
State Laws to Oppose(1/:
- CA AB 1709, social media ban for u16s
- CA OS AV law Ammendment AB1856 for apps & sites. Passed one committee so far
- NH SB 648
- IL SB 3977 & HB 5511(In Executive of Senate. 20 days left in session)
- MA AV bill, H5366
May 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#savespeech #notoDigitalID
Friday FYI - US:
State Laws to Oppose(1/:
- CA AB 1709, social media ban for u16s
- CA OS AV law Ammendment AB1856 for apps & sites. Passed one committee so far
- NH SB 648
- IL SB 3977 & HB 5511(In Executive of Senate. 20 days left in session)
- MA AV bill, H5366
Friday FYI - US:
State Laws to Oppose(1/:
- CA AB 1709, social media ban for u16s
- CA OS AV law Ammendment AB1856 for apps & sites. Passed one committee so far
- NH SB 648
- IL SB 3977 & HB 5511(In Executive of Senate. 20 days left in session)
- MA AV bill, H5366
#savespeech #notodigitalID #NOTOOSLEVELVERIFICATION
*Note: At the time of posting this, the FSC’s entry of the bill is erroneously labeled as “AB8561”
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...
CALIFORNIANS! CALL YOUR REPS!
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
*Note: At the time of posting this, the FSC’s entry of the bill is erroneously labeled as “AB8561”
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...
CALIFORNIANS! CALL YOUR REPS!
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
California AB1856 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Summary (2026-04-27) Age verification signals: software applications and online services. [Re-referred to Com. on APPR.]
legiscan.com
April 29, 2026 at 2:36 AM
#savespeech #notodigitalID #NOTOOSLEVELVERIFICATION
*Note: At the time of posting this, the FSC’s entry of the bill is erroneously labeled as “AB8561”
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...
CALIFORNIANS! CALL YOUR REPS!
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
*Note: At the time of posting this, the FSC’s entry of the bill is erroneously labeled as “AB8561”
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...
CALIFORNIANS! CALL YOUR REPS!
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
#savespeech #notodigitalID
Additional Bill News:
- CA AB 1709 Passed Assembly. In Senate.
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
- CA AB 1856 Passed Assembly. Age Signalling. In Senate
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
Please call your reps so they dont pass these bills
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
Additional Bill News:
- CA AB 1709 Passed Assembly. In Senate.
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
- CA AB 1856 Passed Assembly. Age Signalling. In Senate
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
Please call your reps so they dont pass these bills
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
California AB1856 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Summary (2026-06-03) Age verification signals: software applications and online services. [Referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.]
legiscan.com
June 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
#savespeech #notodigitalID
Additional Bill News:
- CA AB 1709 Passed Assembly. In Senate.
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
- CA AB 1856 Passed Assembly. Age Signalling. In Senate
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
Please call your reps so they dont pass these bills
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
Additional Bill News:
- CA AB 1709 Passed Assembly. In Senate.
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB17...
- CA AB 1856 Passed Assembly. Age Signalling. In Senate
legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB18...
Please call your reps so they dont pass these bills
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
AB 1856 passed the California Assembly and is on its way to the Senate. This is an age verification / age gating bill that goes far beyond CA’s AB 1043 age bracketing scope. Almost no news coverage. Tell your reps to vote NO.
#ageverification
#agegating
#privacy
#internet
#california
#ab1856
#ageverification
#agegating
#privacy
#internet
#california
#ab1856
With AB 1856, California lawmakers could have dramatically narrowed the harmful age-bracketing regime set to go into effect next year. Instead, the bill extends those requirements to browsers and websites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: CA's AB 1856 Exempts Open Source
After public outrage, California lawmakers are moving closer to exempting open-source operating systems from the sweeping age-bracketing regime mandated by last year’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB
www.eff.org
June 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
AB 1856 passed the California Assembly and is on its way to the Senate. This is an age verification / age gating bill that goes far beyond CA’s AB 1043 age bracketing scope. Almost no news coverage. Tell your reps to vote NO.
#ageverification
#agegating
#privacy
#internet
#california
#ab1856
#ageverification
#agegating
#privacy
#internet
#california
#ab1856
I mentioned this yesterday, but left off one important detail. The CA vote to exempt was *unanimous*
"Any software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses satisfies that test, which removes the likes of Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch, and the BSD family"
"Any software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses satisfies that test, which removes the likes of Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch, and the BSD family"
California AB1856 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Bill Text (2026-08-27) Age verification signals: software applications. [Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.).]
legiscan.com
August 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I mentioned this yesterday, but left off one important detail. The CA vote to exempt was *unanimous*
"Any software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses satisfies that test, which removes the likes of Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch, and the BSD family"
"Any software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses satisfies that test, which removes the likes of Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch, and the BSD family"
ITちゃんねる
カリフォルニア州、LinuxをOSの「年齢確認義務」から除外へ – 修正法案を可決
#年齢確認義務 #デジタル年齢保証法 #AB1856 #ITニュース
it.f-frontier.com
September 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
All my California 🟦 folks, if you aren’t following AB 1856 it’s time for you to get educated #AB1856
Californians: AB 1856 exempts Linux from the age gating bullshit coming for every other OS next year. Unanimous in both houses. Newsom signs or vetoes by Sept 30.
Call 916-445-2841. Say you're from California, you support AB 1856, and you want it signed.
More: comms.makersfield.co/archive/how-...
Call 916-445-2841. Say you're from California, you support AB 1856, and you want it signed.
More: comms.makersfield.co/archive/how-...
Anti-Capitalist Computer Club: How We Spent Our Summer Vacation
comms.makersfield.co
September 1, 2026 at 10:09 PM
All my California 🟦 folks, if you aren’t following AB 1856 it’s time for you to get educated #AB1856
California lawmakers are pushing a new bill (AB 1856) to exempt open-source projects like Linux from the controversial age-verification law.
#AB1856
#AB1856
California lawmakers push new bill to exempt open-source projects from age verification law
California lawmakers are pushing a new bill (AB 1856) to exempt open-source projects like Linux from the controversial age-verification law.
www.neowin.net
May 26, 2026 at 9:56 PM
California lawmakers are pushing a new bill (AB 1856) to exempt open-source projects like Linux from the controversial age-verification law.
#AB1856
#AB1856
California lawmakers are pushing a new bill (AB 1856) to exempt open-source projects like Linux from the controversial age-verification law.
#AB1856
#AB1856
California lawmakers push new bill to exempt open-source projects from age verification law
California lawmakers are pushing a new bill (AB 1856) to exempt open-source projects like Linux from the controversial age-verification law.
www.neowin.net
May 26, 2026 at 9:56 PM
California lawmakers are pushing a new bill (AB 1856) to exempt open-source projects like Linux from the controversial age-verification law.
#AB1856
#AB1856
"The 'protect the kids' movement is rooted in the same misguided thinking as abstinence-only sex education. Keeping kids ignorant doesn’t make them safer."
CA already passed AB1043 and is looking to make it worse with AB1856 and AB1709.
CA already passed AB1043 and is looking to make it worse with AB1856 and AB1709.
Quotable "Just like with jazz, rock and roll, Vietnam, Iraq, LGBTQ+ acceptance, climate change, video games, and Gaza, adults will twist themselves into knots.... rather than face the reality that the kids might be right and we might be wrong. ✊🏽
www.welcometohellworld.com/the-kids-are...
www.welcometohellworld.com/the-kids-are...
The kids are protecting us from ourselves
Now I know I’m not supposed to say this as a poet but there are entirely too many easy metaphors at play in real life of late. Cut the shit with all the big dangling meatball over the plate metaphors....
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"The 'protect the kids' movement is rooted in the same misguided thinking as abstinence-only sex education. Keeping kids ignorant doesn’t make them safer."
CA already passed AB1043 and is looking to make it worse with AB1856 and AB1709.
CA already passed AB1043 and is looking to make it worse with AB1856 and AB1709.