--- title: Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With... description: Canonical's VP of Engineering has posted an official statement on Ubuntu Discourse acknowledging California's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) but... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-still-figuring-out-a-plan-for-dealing-with-california-s-digital-age-assurance-act-dggqjmxhs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With California's Digital Age Assurance Act | daily.dev og:description: Canonical's VP of Engineering has posted an official statement on Ubuntu Discourse acknowledging California's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) but... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-still-figuring-out-a-plan-for-dealing-with-california-s-digital-age-assurance-act-dggqjmxhs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DGgqJMXHs.png og:image:alt: Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With California's Digital Age Assurance Act og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With California's Digital Age Assurance Act **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Canonical's VP of Engineering has posted an official statement on Ubuntu Discourse acknowledging California's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) but confirming no concrete plans yet on how Ubuntu will respond. The company is reviewing the legislation with legal counsel. Similar uncertainty exists in the Fedora community, while some smaller projects like MidnightBSD have opted to simply block California users entirely starting next January rather than implement age verification. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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