Last year California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) was signed into law, requiring among other things that operating system providers implement an API for age verification purposes.
The new requirement, which comes in effect on Monday, will also affect pornography and "explicit" AI chatbots, according to SMH. It's all part of measures taken under the new Age-Restricted Material ...
Resistance to operating system age checks coming from *checks notes* open source calculator and OS planning to limit access to Californians altogether.
Assembly Bill 1043 becomes a law in California in January 2027, and will require every operating system to have age verification in account setup.