Four states – California, Louisiana, Texas, and Utah – have enacted laws that purport to require mobile app stores and mobile app developers to verify the age of users and implement certain safeguards ...
Campaigners warn against blanket restrictions and say focus should be on blocking teenagers from platforms with ‘risky’ features ...
Starting in January, three state app store age verification laws will take effect: Texas’ App Store Accountability Act (effective Jan. 1), Utah’s App Store Accountability Act (effective May 7) and ...
Colorado legislators have introduced a bill that would require operating system providers to verify the age of users instead of leaving the task up to individual apps ...
Two pupils look at their smartphones in a classroom in Hamburg, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2026. Reporter The European Union is giving tech companies no more excuses to implement age checks for social media ...