California Law

Developers from Ubuntu and Fedora have begun discussing how to comply with California's Digital Age Assurance Act, set to take effect in January 2027. The law requires operating systems to collect age information during account setup and provide an age signal to applications. Canonical and Fedora leaders emphasize ongoing reviews without firm plans yet.

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Building on our earlier coverage of California's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043)—signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2025 and effective January 1, 2027—the law's requirements for age data collection and API sharing pose steep compliance hurdles for volunteer-driven open-source operating systems like Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, and SteamOS.