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Protecting children online is incredibly important. While website-based age verification has been proven ineffective at accomplishing this goal, there are effective, privacy-preserving, and user-friendly options that parents and lawmakers can use to protect young people on the internet.

What You Need to Know

Minnesota Model Bill: Device Based Age Settings

Minnesota’s Attorney General has published model legislation that would give families the ability to opt-in to age- based protections robustly as part of a report learn more ▸

Policymaker Statement
Device-Level Age Verification Is Our Best Shot at Protecting Kids Online

Instead of a piecemeal approach that targets individual platforms or specific content providers, we should instead implement age verification at the device level, making smartphones themselves the guardians of age-appropriate access. learn more ▸

Commentary
Protecting Children Online Does Not Require ID Checks for Everyone

Policymakers are right to take steps to safeguard children online, but mandatory age verification is not the best solution learn more ▸

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