US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification

Article

• Proposed US bill would require on-device age verification at the OS level
• Shifts responsibility from individual platforms (e.g. Meta) to device manufacturers
• FTC would oversee enforcement of the new mandate

Discussion

• Commenters suspected Meta is backing the bill to offload age-check liability onto Apple/Google
• Doubts raised: shared/borrowed devices mean account age fields are meaningless
• One commenter called it the least-bad option vs. more onerous site-by-site verification
• Questions raised about constitutionality and who will sue the FTC

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