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Digital Age Assurance Enforcement Accelerates
Multiple jurisdictions (US, EU, Brazil) are actively pursuing or implementing age verification measures. This includes federal legislative proposals for OS-level verification and active regulatory enforcement against major app stores for failing to adequately implement age restrictions, clearly demonstrating an acceleration of digital age assurance enforcement.
What would prove this wrong
AB 1043 enforcement is delayed, weakened, or struck down, or if major app stores and OS providers do not roll out new age-verification systems within six months.
Supporting articles
- Linuxiac Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S. 15 April 2026
- Time Magazine What to Know About the E.U.’s New Age Verification App for Social Media 16 April 2026
- GIGAZINE Brazilian regulators have notified Apple and Google that 'age restrictions are not being properly implemented in gambling apps offered on their app stores.' 21 April 2026