Florida's Safe Screens Act Would Force AI Chatbots to Verify Ages, Restrict Minors
Sumsub_Insights · reddit · 2026-10-31
- Florida's proposed Safe Screens Act (not yet law) would require AI chatbot operators to determine users' ages and restrict certain chatbot features for under-18s.
- It also proposes app-store age checks, parental consent for minors' downloads, and OS-level restrictions.
- The key debate for AI developers: should age assurance happen at the device/app-store level, inside each chatbot, or both? The bill calls for privacy-preserving methods, but collecting more identity data introduces its own risks.
- Open question: how to protect younger users without forcing every AI service to collect identity documents.
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