New York S8217 / A8022 — Streaming Service Age Ratings (NY S8217 / A8022)

Requires streaming services operating in New York to apply and enforce age ratings on individual titles, block age-restricted content on minor profiles by default, and make ratings available through machine-readable metadata for parental-control systems.

Key Provisions

What NY S8217 / A8022 requires

Streaming services must apply standardized age ratings to all catalog titles

Age-restricted content must be blocked on minor profiles by default

Ratings must be exposed via machine-readable metadata for third-party parental controls

Parental controls must allow per-child overrides and reporting

NY AG enforcement authority

Rule Categories Covered

Phosra enforcement categories for NY S8217 / A8022

Streaming Age Rating

content

streaming_age_rating_enforce

Maps and enforces age ratings across MPAA, TV Parental, ESRB, and PEGI on streaming surfaces.

Content Rating

content

content_rating

Applies content maturity ratings (MPAA, TV Parental, ESRB, PEGI, civil-society) to filter age-inappropriate media.

Platforms Affected

Platforms covered by NY S8217 / A8022

NetflixDisney+HuluMaxYouTubePrime Video

Age: Under 18

MCP Enforcement

Enforce NY S8217 / A8022 with a single API call

mcp-enforcement

// Enforce NY S8217 / A8022 compliance
tool: trigger_child_enforcement
input: {
  child_id: "ch_emma_01",
  law: "NY_S8217",
  rules: [
          "streaming_age_rating_enforce",
          "content_rating"]
}

→ Netflix      enforcement applied     ✓
→ Disney+      enforcement applied     ✓
→ Hulu         enforcement applied     ✓
→ Max          enforcement applied     ✓