Directly from HR 8250, Sec. 2(a)(1):
"An operating system provider... shall: (1) Require any user of the operating system to provide the date of birth of the user in order to— (A) set up an account on the operating system; and (B) use the operating system."
Every user. Every time. Not parental controls — a federally mandated gate on OS use. Full text: congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/text
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