Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

+1

...at least as imposed on the client side or utility providers.

The burden, if any, belongs on the adult material provider.


Vincent F. Heuser, Jr., Attorney
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On 2026/03/04 10:52 AM, Adenix NPSP wrote:
> From the founder of Adenix:
>
> This is J. Mazzullo and what I wanna say is that I do not approve of your plans to add 
> age verification to Debian.
>
> I have already stated on my website (www.adenixgnulinux.org 
> <http://www.adenixgnulinux.org>) that my distros will NOT have any age checks and that 
> they are not for use in regions with OS age verification laws, so I request that there'd 
> be a way for providers of Debian-based distros to remove the packages involved in age 
> verification via root, as well as an option to blacklist certain regions/states like 
> California & Colorado.
>
> As a American, I care about free speech in this country and I believe that the recent 
> age verification laws are unconstitutional.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Adenix GNU/Linux NPSP