App Store Accountability Act of 2025 (S.1829 / H.R.3935) (Federal App Store Accountability Act)
Federal version of Utah's ASAA. Mandates app store operators verify each user's age category, obtain verifiable parental consent before a minor downloads an app or makes an in-app purchase, and share an age-category attestation with downstream apps under data-minimization and industry-standard-encryption requirements. Apps relying on the store's signal receive a liability safe harbor. (The statute does not itself mandate zero-knowledge proofs or document deletion — that is an implementation choice.)
Key Provisions
What Federal App Store Accountability Act requires
Per-download verifiable parental consent required before a minor can install any app
Per-transaction verifiable parental consent required before a minor can complete an in-app purchase
Age-verification data limited to what is strictly necessary (data minimization) and transmitted under industry-standard encryption; the statute is method-agnostic and does NOT mandate zero-knowledge proofs or deletion of source identity documents
App stores must broadcast a standardized age-category attestation (under_13, 13_15, 16_17, adult) to downstream apps
Apps relying on the store's age-category attestation are shielded from duplicative age-verification liability
Rule Categories Covered
Phosra enforcement categories for Federal App Store Accountability Act
App Store Age Attestation
access controlConsumes age attestations issued by Apple and Google app stores as authoritative age signals for downstream enforcement.
OS Age Signal Ingest
access controlConsumes the OS-level age signal (Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft) at the moment of enforcement.
Age Signal Broadcast
access controlEmits the canonical age signal to every connected enforcement surface so apps and OSes act on a single source of truth.
Parental Attestation Certificate
reportingEmits a signed parental-attestation certificate every regulator can verify against the Charter's public key.
Parental Consent Gate
access controlBlocks account creation and data collection until verifiable parental consent (VPC) is collected and signed.
Age Gate
access controlEnforces age verification requirements and restricts access to age-inappropriate content or features.
Platforms Affected
Platforms covered by Federal App Store Accountability Act
MCP Enforcement
Enforce Federal App Store Accountability Act with a single API call
// Enforce Federal App Store Accountability Act compliance
tool: trigger_child_enforcement
input: {
child_id: "ch_emma_01",
law: "FED_ASAA",
rules: [
"app_store_age_attestation",
"os_age_signal_ingest",
"age_signal_broadcast",
"parental_attestation_cert"]
}
→ iOS App Store enforcement applied ✓
→ Google Play enforcement applied ✓
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