http://www.ericcontino.dev/tags/legislation/Recent content in Legislation on Eric ContinoHugoenSat, 14 Mar 2026 17:23:22 -0400http://www.ericcontino.dev/posts/california-wants-you-register-your-computer-with-the-dmv/Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:23:22 -0400http://www.ericcontino.dev/posts/california-wants-you-register-your-computer-with-the-dmv/<h2 id="age-verification-laws-are-coming"> Age Verification Laws are coming <a class="heading-link" href="#age-verification-laws-are-coming"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>In October 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act into law and it&rsquo;s a terrible. The law&rsquo;s stated intention is to protect children from being exposed mature content by forcing operating systems to require age verification for each account then provide an API for websites, apps, games, and every other piece of software can use to route the user to various levels of content based on the age. Huge fines will be issue to the operating system provided per failure to verify age. At the point of writing this, I believe California is the first state to pass a law like this but many more states are drafting similar laws.</p>