• If there’s one thing that states seem to love doing, its making laws that give them more control over the technology you’re using right now. • Washington state wants your 3D printer to scan every file for gun shapes (New York wants the same thing). • California just dropped AB-2047 , creating a DOJ-approved roster of printers and making it a misdemeanor to disable the blocking software. • Now Colorado wants your operating system to report your age to every app you download. • SB26-051 , introduced by Democratic Sen. • Amy Paschal, would require every operating system to collect your birthdate at account setup and generate an “age bracket signal” available to developers through an API.

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  • Colorado is advancing a bill (SB 26‑051) that would require every operating system to collect a user’s birthdate at account setup and expose an “age bracket signal” to app developers via an API. Apps would need to request this signal each time they are downloaded or launched. If a developer’s algorithm infers a different age, that inference would override the OS‑reported age. The measure applies to all general‑purpose computing devices, including Linux distributions, and does not mandate official ID verification. The proposal follows a wave of state‑level age‑verification laws and a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that upheld Texas’s age‑verification law, sparking nationwide adoption.
  • If there’s one thing that states seem to love doing, its making laws that give them more control over the technology you’re using right now. Washington state wants your 3D printer to scan every file for gun shapes (New York wants the same thing). California just dropped AB-2047 , creating a DOJ-approved roster of printers and making it a misdemeanor to disable the blocking software. Now Colorado wants your operating system to report your age to every app you download. SB26-051 , introduced by Democratic Sen. Matt Ball and Rep. Amy Paschal, would require every operating system to collect your b

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