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Posted on 04/15/2026 11:48:16 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing the age-verification debate to a new level, from individual state laws to a proposal that could eventually apply nationwide.
Filed as H.R. 8250 on April 13, 2026, the measure is titled “To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.” It was introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, and has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
And this development changes the picture quite a bit. Previously, efforts to implement age checks focused on state laws that shifted responsibility from individual websites and apps to platform operators. H.R. 8250 brings this approach to Congress, targeting operating system providers instead of only online services or app developers.
However, the most critical element, the bill’s text, remains unavailable. As of April 15, 2026, only the title, sponsors, introduction date, and committee referral are public.
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250
Age verification is the first step. Name verification is the second step. Address verification is the third step. Rinse and repeat.
Remember, everybody needs to remember. The government doesn't want to have identification for illegal aliens during voting but they definitely want your operating system to doxx the heck out of you. How's that make you feel?
You will find out about it after it passes, so...no big deal.
Oh yeah - they’re going to try the shut down again and THIS time there will be no dissent.
Angry.
Yeah isn’t that ironic. Exactly we gotta pass the bill to find out what is in it. That Pelosi’ism.
This is not just ethically and philosophically horrific, it is technically ignorant and stupid beyond belief, and finally, it is unconstitutional on its face.
These people are crazy. And evil.
This is META’s doing Zuckerburg is pushing the age thing over to others so he stops getting fined for his pervert site , he’s spending tons of cash on lobbing
Globalists push hedonism on kids, then tell parents that only more globalist power can protect the kids.
This could only work if your ISP required a logon before accessing anything and reported that info, also a long shot.
It’s the parents Job to take-care of the children , don’t screw the world for incompetent parents
Next up, a license to buy food.
Some of the bills in states want picture IDs as verification ,LOL The hackers will have a field day
and privacy , who needs it ,LOL
It’s not just the Dems. It never is. Elise Stefanik is sponsoring it.
A total surveillance state “to protect the children” — from the same people who facilitate industrial-scale abortion and open the borders to the world’s worst criminals.
The companies you buy internet from already know everything about you so age verification is insane
Tried six years ago...called “face masks”.
It’s not just the Dems. It never is. Elise Stefanik is sponsoring it.
It from people that have no clue about Computers , Operating Systems and the Internet or they do and are Very Evil
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