Illinois Just Told Every Operating System to Start Reporting Your Kid's Age
Illinois has become the latest U.S. state to pull operating systems into the age verification pool. That date is then converted into one of four age brackets: under 13, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, or 18 and up.The law also stipulates that all transmitted digital signals have to be encrypted.Applications can then pull that bracket through an API once a user downloads or launches them. Once they get a signal marking a user as a minor, they're legally treated as having "actual knowledge" of that.Once flagged, apps have to turn on a set of safety settings.
- ▪Illinois has become the latest U.S. state to pull operating systems into the age verification pool.
- ▪That date is then converted into one of four age brackets: under 13, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, or 18 and up.The law also stipulates that all transmitted digital signals have to be encrypted.Applications can then pull that bracket through an API o
- ▪Once they get a signal marking a user as a minor, they're legally treated as having "actual knowledge" of that.Once flagged, apps have to turn on a set of safety settings.
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Illinois has become the latest U.S. state to pull operating systems into the age verification pool. Governor JB Pritzker has signed HB5511, the Children's Online Social Media Safety Act, putting forward a new age verification framework for every device sold or used in the state.The bill imposes age check on "covered manufacturers," a category that lumps device makers, operating system providers, and app stores together.Protect the children!By January 1, 2028, these manufacturers have to build an interface at account setup asking a parent or account holder for the child's birth date.
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