Minnesota House Bill 4138 / SF4696 - Social Media age verification for "minors"
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/4138/
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4696/versions/latest/
On 05/26, Gov. Waltz signed this bill into law, which requires any social media platform to require mandatory age verification for any Minnesota Resident, effective July 2027.
As per the text in the bill, social media platforms must utilize data collection and AI to determine with a certain amount of confidence the user's age, and if is unable to do so, it will require them to label an account as a minor. (Which I assume to undo, will require ID checks.)
This applies to only accounts that are less than 7 years old as of next July (July 2027), but would also apply to any new account made after. The checks will continue every 6 months (at minimum) until it can verify that the account is an adult, or it reaches 7 years old (from the date of its creation.)
Odd that this hasn't been in the news nor anywhere online, that I could see. Thoughts?