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Digital Age Assurance Act

California law requiring operating system providers to collect a user's birth date at device setup and pass a bracketed age signal to app developers through a standardised API.

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AB 1043
Assembly Bill 1043
California Digital Age Assurance Act

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California prices a knowing under-16 feed violation at $50,000 per minor from January 2027

California's under-16 feed ban starts on January 1, 2027, and the cheapest way to comply is an age signal built from a birth date the user typed at device setup. The EFF expects platforms to verify every adult instead.

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