Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification
Summary
HB5511 (Illinois Public Act 104-0664) expands age-verification duties to operating system providers and 'covered manufacturers', with 2028 deadlines. The bill defines new categories, mandates an age-declaration signal via a secure API, and threatens penalties; it lacks an OSS carve-out, raising concerns among open source advocates. The article also covers enforcement, potential challenges, and comparisons to Colorado and California.