He thinks a cross-distro API standard can be a practical solution to tackle age verification.

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Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta has proposed that Linux distributions could adopt Apple's existing age verification API as a cross-distro standard to comply with age verification laws in California, Colorado, and Brazil. The suggestion came in response to a complex architectural workaround proposed on Fedora's Discourse forum. Spaleta argues the implementation could run entirely locally via unix socket or dbus, with no data leaving the machine. He also noted that GNOME already ships parental controls but uses content categories (OARS) rather than age ranges as required by law. This is an informal community forum opinion, not an official Fedora commitment, and faces significant hurdles including getting Linux distros to agree on a shared standard and adopting an Apple API for laws many in the community view as overreach.

Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API