Digital Age Assurance Act
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Microsoft Brings "Age Verification" System to Windows
The age check arrives first as documentation, with the working machinery promised for later.
California Legislature Passes Online Age Verification Bill
The vote was unanimous, but the privacy backlash is only getting started.
California Legislature Passes Amendment Keeping Operating System Age Signals
Browsers are out of the handoff, but app stores and developers still get a live read on user age categories.
Senate Bill Would Put Age Checks in Every US Operating System
Every bill that builds a checkpoint says it is not building a checkpoint.
California Assembly Passes Under-16 Social Media Ban
Buried past the 76-to-0 vote is a clause letting the Attorney General widen who counts as a “covered platform’ without the Legislature voting again.
California Lawmakers Advance Bills to Impose AI Chatbot Censorship and Age Verification
California’s new bills would let state lawmakers define, by statute, exactly how agreeable a chatbot is allowed to be.
Porn Giant Calls for Device-Based Digital ID
The promise of privacy hides a blueprint for deeper platform control.
