
New York's new age verification law could ban anyone under the age of 18 from using messaging apps, or using chatting features in video games. The proposed law, called the Stop Online Predators Act, would require platforms to check user ages. For anyone under 18, private messages from people they do not know would be turned off by default. Kids could still chat privately with friends they have already added and Parents could choose to allow more open chatting if they want. The bill aims to stop unknown adults from easily contacting children while keeping normal friendships possible. It has passed one Senate committee and moved to another. It has support from the governor but is not yet a law.



























