California law to require operating systems to check your age
California law AB-1043, effective January 1, 2027, will require operating system providers and app stores to implement age verification. Users will need to provide their birth date or age during account setup, which will then be signaled to applications. This law aims to protect children by providing age bracket information to software, though it raises concerns about data privacy and potential future expansions.
- Entities
- Topic: Software Applications
- Topic: Age Verification
- Topic: Operating Systems
- Company: GNOME
- Company: KDE Plasma
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