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		wvenable 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop manda... Age verification just requires that one be able to provide an age when setting up an account. Like, for example, when you setup an account for your child on the device. This doesn't seem to require any sort of online account requirement as far as I understand it.

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senfiaj 1 day ago [–]

Yes, the law itself doesn't, but I guess online accounts will make it somewhat easier for MS to verify users.

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