Companies’ Age-Check Compliance Nightmare: California Brief

Firms Prepare for Clashing Age-Check Laws

Companies are preparing for a wave of state laws requiring online service providers to verify users’ ages and limit minors’ access to certain services and content.

State legislators have proposed at least 18 new age verification laws already this year, while several existing laws on age verification have been enjoined by the tech industry’s court challenges and await reconsideration by appeals courts.

California, the first state to pass an age-appropriate design code, is currently appealing a court decision blocking the law. Despite the uncertainty, Vermont, Nebraska, and Maryland passed similar codes to ...