https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info
Article
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H.R.8250 proposes requiring OS providers to verify user age before app access
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Bipartisan Parents Decide Act; bill text not yet published as of April 14, 2026
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Would apply to phones, tablets, and other devices at the OS level
Discussion
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Bill text unavailable; commenters waiting before drawing firm conclusions
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Technical absurdities flagged: cron jobs, API-to-API calls, sudo, multi-user systems have no ‘age’
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Meta suspected of lobbying for this to burden Apple/Google/MS competitors
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Consensus: unconstitutional compelled speech; court challenge expected to kill it quickly
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