Age verification / estimation

Verify the age of every account holder using a reasonable method (originally requiring a third-party age-verification vendor) before allowing use of the platform.

Statute’s own ages: Blocked minors under 18 from accounts without parental consent ('minor' = under 18).

Use a reasonable method to verify that account holders are at least 16, and implement technological measures to prevent circumvention of that age verification.

Statute’s own ages: Covered minor = under 16 (Act 900 lowered the threshold from Act 689's under-18).

Estimate the age of child users with a reasonable level of certainty appropriate to the risks, or apply the child-protective settings to all users.

Statute’s own ages: Protects all consumers under 18; no narrower statutory subdivision (broader than COPPA's under-13).

Use the age-assurance and verifiable-parental-consent methods the Attorney General adopts by regulation (due 2027-01-01) to identify minor users and obtain parental consent; until those regulations operate, the Act's duties turn on the operator's actual knowledge that a user is a minor.

Statute’s own ages: Applies to users under 18 located in California; the age-assurance regime broadens the knowledge standard once the Attorney General's regulations take effect (due 2027-01-01).

Use a reasonable age-verification method (including an anonymous third-party option) to determine whether a user falls under the covered age lines.

Statute’s own ages: The statute pivots at 14 (account ban) and 16 (definition of a covered minor for account rules)

Determine the age and Indiana residency of each person seeking to create an account, and run an ongoing age-estimation process that can re-check a user based on usage over time.

Statute’s own ages: Account restrictions key on Indiana residents under 16 ('adolescent')

Make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of account holders.

Statute’s own ages: Minor = under 18

Use a reasonable age-verification method to determine whether an account applicant is a minor before an account is created.

Statute’s own ages: Account holders 17 and under ('minor' = under 18).

Use commercially reasonable and technically feasible age-assurance methods (as defined by Attorney General rule, and beyond mere self-declaration) to determine which users are covered minors; delete age-assurance data immediately after the determination and do not use it for other purposes.

Statute’s own ages: Applies to users under 18; methods and accuracy minimums to be set by AG rulemaking.

Use commercially reasonable and technically feasible methods (to be defined by OAG rule) to determine which users are minors and to obtain verifiable parental consent.

Statute’s own ages: Applies to users under 18.

Verify the age of Tennessee account holders using a commercially reasonable method to identify which users are minors under 18.

Statute’s own ages: 'Minor' means a Tennessee resident under 18.

Register the age of each account holder and identify whether the user is a known minor.

Statute’s own ages: Minor = under 18; the statute treats all under-18 users as minors without finer bands

Operate an age-assurance system that determines whether an account holder is a minor using measures reasonably calculated to reach an accuracy rate of at least 95%.

Statute’s own ages: Distinguishes minors (under 18) from adults; no finer statutory age cut for the assurance duty.

Use commercially reasonable methods (such as a neutral age screen) to determine whether a user is a minor under 16, and do not use information collected for that age determination for any other purpose.

Statute’s own ages: Triggers for users under 16; 16-17 year-olds are outside the time-limit regime (hence no 16_17 bracket).