age assurance

California’s new Digital Age Assurance Act has done something few tech laws manage: it moved a contentious regulatory debate from the level of websites and platforms down into the guts of devices and operating systems, and then handed both vendors and developers an exacting, legally enforceable...

California’s new Digital Age Assurance Act has quietly remapped where responsibility for minors’ online safety starts: not just with apps and platforms, but on the very device — and that shift will ripple through ecosystems, developer contracts, and the practical realities of every operating...

Meta’s move to block or restrict teen access to its AI characters is thee latest—and most visible—example of technology companies reshaping conversational AI experiences for minors amid safety concerns, litigation pressure, and rising public scrutiny. The reported change gives parents new...