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California has taken a major step into the evolving debate over how to protect minors online, approving a far-reaching law that will change how digital platforms handle age data.

The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.