age Verification Laws: A Trojan Horse for Digital ID? The Rise of State Mandates and the Federal Parents Decide Act
Representative Josh Gottheimer introduced federal legislation requiring operating systems to verify user ages during device setup to protect children.
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A surge in state-level age verification laws has culminated in the federal 'Parents Decide Act' (H.R. 8250), sparking a national debate over whether child safety measures are inadvertently building a mandatory digital identity infrastructure.
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