Ubuntu Listed for Age Verification

Companies monitored: The 37 (thirty-seven) companies selected for inclusion in this monitoring procedure exert significant, direct, and continuous influence over children and adolescents in Brazil, whether through the offering of audiovisual content aimed at this segment, the provision of social platforms that encourage interaction and content production, or the sale of technological devices that serve as an entry point to the digital ecosystem. Amazon Retail Services of Brazil Ltd. AOC ( Envision Electronic Products Industry Ltd.); Apple Computer Brasil Ltda.; Aczb Imp. E Com. Ltda.; Canonical Software Services Ltd.; Crunchyroll; Discord; Disney+ (The Walt Disney Company ( Brazil Ltd ); Epic Games Entertainment Brazil Ltd.; Globoplay (Globo Comunicação E Participações SA); GOG;

A screenshot of Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency page lists companies being monitored under the country’s digital child-protection rules. Canonical, Discord, Epic Games, and GOG are highlighted, making the joke that even Ubuntu Linux is being treated as part of the age-verification ecosystem. It is shared as an absurd reaction to bureaucratic overreach and unexpectedly broad regulation. EN: A screenshot of Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency page lists companies being monitored under the country’s digital child-protection rules. Canonical, Discord, Epic Games, and GOG are highlighted, making the joke that even Ubuntu Linux is being treated as part of the age-verification ecosystem. It is shared as an absurd reaction to bureaucratic overreach and unexpectedly broad regulation.

• @gentoomemes / 20319 2026-03-15