Digital Age Assurance Act of 2026

This bill would require operating system providers to have each user give a date of birth and age when setting up a device account, sort that into age ranges, and send an age signal to apps, browsers, and age-restricted websites that request it. Users under 17 would have to link their accounts to a parent or guardian's account, except emancipated minors. Apps and covered websites would have to request the signal and use it as the main indicator of a user's age, and could not sell or share the age data or use it for targeted advertising. The bill would ban targeted ads to known children and the sale of children's personal data to data brokers, with enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. It would take effect 18 months after becoming law.

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Sponsors

• Andy Kim Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors