{"id":1426,"date":"2025-10-13T21:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/california-enacts-its-own-internet-age-gating-law\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:11:14","slug":"california-enacts-its-own-internet-age-gating-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/california-enacts-its-own-internet-age-gating-law\/","title":{"rendered":"California enacts its own internet age-gating law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California joins a growing group of states with a new internet age-gating law after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The law mandates that device operating systems and app stores require users to enter their age or date of birth when setting up a new phone or computer. The new rules are slated to take effect on January 1st, 2027, and for devices set up prior to that date, the OS provider \u2014 like Apple or Google \u2014 must come up with a way for users to enter their ages by July 1st that year. Negligent violations of the law could cost such companies up to $2,500 per child impacted, and intentional violations could go up to $7,500 per child. The law still shields the companies from liability for \u201cerroneous\u201d age signals as long as they make a good faith effort to comply.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen some truly horrific and tragic examples of young people harmed by unregulated tech, and we won\u2019t stand by while companies continue without necessary limits and accountability,\u201d Newsom said in a statement<\/a> on signing the bill, along with a raft of other legislation related to children\u2019s online safety, including a requirement to add warning labels to social media<\/a>. \u201cWe can continue to lead in AI and technology, but we must do it responsibly \u2014 protecting our children every step of the way. Our children\u2019s safety is not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

California\u2019s new rules are the latest in a wave of new age assurance laws<\/a> sweeping the country. Utah became the first state<\/a> to pass an app store age verification law, followed by Texas<\/a> and Louisiana<\/a>. Meta notably broke from tech peers to support such bills, which put the onus on app stores run by Apple and Google, rather than developers like itself. But they were initially pushed by parent advocates who have become some of the leading voices<\/a> in passing a range of kids safety laws in the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AB 1043 notably gained support from not only Meta, but also Google, which would likely be regulated under the act. Google senior director of government affairs and public policy Kareem Ghanem called it \u201cone of the most thoughtful approaches we\u2019ve seen thus far to the challenges of keeping kids safe, recognizing that it\u2019s a shared responsibility across the ecosystem,\u201d in a statement included in a press release<\/a> by the Democratic assemblymember who led the bill, Buffy Wicks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike some of the other laws, the California measure does not require parental consent for app downloads. It also doesn\u2019t force users to upload sensitive documents like government IDs, which caused uproar in the UK over the implementation of the Online Safety Act (OSA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the bill still lacks some key stakeholder support. Apple has not gotten behind the bill like its peers, and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which advocates for the film and television industry, urged lawmakers to reject the bill, according to Politico<\/em><\/a>, because it might create confusion among streaming accounts where parents and kids have different profiles. Wicks told Politico<\/em> she\u2019d work to fine-tune outstanding concerns with the bill next year.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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