North Dakota SB 2380

Amended:

Age verification mandate. Relevant features:

• Enforcement: private lawsuits
• Age verification mechanisms allowed:
  • government ID
  • “A commercially available database regularly used by a business or government entity for the purpose of age and identity verification; or”
  • “Any commercially reasonable method that relies on public or private transactional data to verify the age of the individual attempting to access the information is eighteen years of age or older.”

Original:

The bill would require Covered Manufacturers to determine or estimate a device user’s age at the time of device activation, or through Operating System (OS) updates for devices sold prior to the effective date. When a user attempts to access a website, application, application store, or online service that requires age verification, the user’s operating system would share a user’s verification status through a secure application programming interface (API).

When a website, application, or online service makes available a substantial portion of mature content, it shall:

• Recognize and receive digital age signals and block access if an age signal is received indicating a user is under eighteen years of age.
• Provide a disclaimer that the website, application, or online service contains mature content; and
• Label the website, application, or online service as restricted to adults.