https://falcao.org/tags/regulation/Recent content in Regulation on Danilo Falcão da SilvaHugoen-usWed, 20 May 2026 21:40:00 -0300https://falcao.org/posts/age-verification-linux-immunity/Wed, 20 May 2026 21:40:00 -0300https://falcao.org/posts/age-verification-linux-immunity/<p>For most of 2025 the age-verification conversation was about porn sites. By the end of the year it had moved up the stack. By 2026 it is at the <strong>operating system</strong>, and that is where the story gets interesting for anyone who cares about how Linux is built.</p> <p>Nine US states put age-verification laws in force during 2025 alone: <strong>South Carolina</strong> (Jan 1), <strong>Florida</strong> (Jan 1), <strong>Tennessee</strong> (Jan 13), <strong>Georgia</strong> (Jul 1), <strong>Wyoming</strong> (Jul 1), <strong>North Dakota</strong> (Aug 1), <strong>Arizona</strong> (Sep 26), <strong>Ohio</strong> (Sep 30), and <strong>Missouri</strong> (Nov 30). Roughly half the country now mandates some form of age gate for adult content, social media, or both.</p>