These deceptive apps have made their way into the Google Play Store by posing as trustworthy applications, imitating the ...

To raise awareness about what the Play Store does, Google is launching a safety-focused advertising campaign about how you should “download apps not traps.” The one below is pretty short at 36 ...

American tech heavyweight Google yesterday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device’s user through the app ...

Newly discovered spyware has sneaked into Apple’s App Store and Google Play to steal images from users’ mobile devices.

Google Play Store experienced a significant drop in available apps, decreasing by 47% since the start of 2024, due to Google's stricter policies and enforcement actions aimed at improving app safety.

According to Google, a bill that incorporates their framework has been introduced in Ohio, where the company is represented by 14 lobbyists. Google’s framework would allow app stores to provide age ...

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

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

Apple and Google, however, have pushed back on legislation that would require them to verify the ages of all users, saying that app stores and app developers should share responsibility for age ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an online child safety bill that requires Apple and Google to ensure that their app stores verify the age of users in the nation's second most populous state.

All apps available through major app stores — such as Apple's App Store and Google Play — will require age verification for ...

Parents continue to press Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. They want to see its protections implemented regardless of whether lawmakers move ahead with app store age verification.