Texas Enacts Law Mandating Age Verification for Apple and Google App Stores

Texas Enacts Law Mandating Age Verification for Apple and Google App Stores

On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a groundbreaking bill requiring the two dominant U.S. app store operators—Apple and Alphabet’s Google—to verify the ages of users accessing their platforms. This legislation places Texas, the nation’s second-most populous state, at the forefront of an intensifying national conversation about regulating children and teenagers’ access to […]