The California age verification invoice for application stores and operating systems makes another step forward

A California invoice which would require suppliers of operating systems and applications to check the ages of users before being able to download applications has erased assembly 58-0 and will now go to Governor Gavin Newsom, Reports. The Digital Age Assurance ACT (AB 1043), introduced by Assembly Buffy Wicks, does not require photo identification for verification, but puts the burden on the platforms to provide tools to parents to indicate the age of the user during the configuration of a device and use this information on children to the content and the time of age.

He comes afterwards and the two laws of adoption of the verification of the App Store at the beginning of this year which were criticized as posing potential risks of confidentiality, and were confronted with the opposition of Google and Apple. The California bill was received more positively by Big Tech, with Google, Meta and others that supported it during a vote in the Senate on Friday. Kareem Ghanem, principal director of government and public policies of Google, described the bill “One of the most thoughtful approaches that we have seen so far to keep children in safety, recognizing that it is a shared responsibility through the ecosystem.” Governor Newsom now has until October 13 to sign or oppose his veto Politico.