California's new child-safety laws all depend on one number, typed in when the phone was set up
2026-09-12World
Newsom signed limits on addictive feeds for under-16s and time limits on companion chatbots for children. Neither law asks the app to work out a user's age. Both lean on a bracket the operating system collects at account setup and passes to every app — and the chatbot's parent alert is narrower than the headlines.