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Illinois Just Told Every Operating System to Start Reporting Your Kid's Age
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Illinois has passed the Children's Online Social Media Safety Act, requiring device manufacturers and app stores to implement age verification for users. By 2028, platforms must restrict certain features for minors based on age brackets to enhance online safety.
Illinois has become the latest U.S. state to pull operating systems into the age verification pool. Governor JB Pritzker has signed HB5511 , the Children's Online Social Media Safety Act , putting forward a new age verification framework for every device sold or used in the state.
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