Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a pair of legislations on Tuesday that would mandate social media companies to meet several requirements before they are allowed to offer accounts to Americans on their platforms.
The first bill (pdf), titled “Making Age-Verification Technology Uniform, Robust, and Effective Act,” or the “MATURE Act,” would impose a minimum age requirement of 16 for all social media users in the United States.
The measure would mandate social media companies to verify users’ full legal name and date of birth, as well as a scan, image, or upload of a government-issued identification that confirms this information before they are able to create an account….