Texas will now require age verification for use of the iOS App Store, thanks to the state's App Store Accountability Act, ...

The move puts the state at the center of a debate over whether and how to regulate smartphone use by children and teenagers.

Texas passed a law this week forcing Google and Apple to check the ages of mobile app store users and require parents’ ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill Tuesday requiring app stores, such as those run by Apple and Google, to verify user ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott today signed into law the App Store Accountability Act, which will require Apple and Google to ...

Google and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which is set to take effect at the beginning of next year.

The App Store Accountability Act requires age verification from all users and will prevent minors from downloading apps or ...

Texas is the latest state to adopt an age-verification law for app stores. Despite lobbying from big tech, reportedly ...

Although Apple is at the forefront of child privacy and safety features, many legislators still feel that the company isn’t ...

The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft ...

Like Utah’s law, the Texas bill requires app stores to verify all ... make decisions for that child. App store operators Google and Apple argue that the age verification bills will undermine ...