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California eyes age-signal gambit; will other states follow suit?

By Maria Dinzeo ( January 17, 2026, 00:46 GMT | Comment) -- California is turning to a device-level “age signal” law as it prepares to implement age verification, with supporters arguing that AB 1043 avoids the pitfalls that have drawn legal and privacy fire in other states. But it hasn't quite caught on in the rest of the US, as most legislatures continue to pursue app-store consent models and few have embraced California’s device-level approach.In November, the California Department of Justice held a town hall on SB 976, the state’s newly enacted law requiring social media platforms to verify users’ ages. The central question was a tricky one: How should the DOJ, charged with carrying out the law’s mandate, go about translating its broad requirements into workable regulations?...

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