A state bill strengthening age verification for app stores is getting pushback from a coalition of app developers. The big ...

Josh Withrow, Fellow, Tech & Innovation Policy, R Street Institute In OPPOSITION to House Bill 1658, the “An Act relative to parental consent and age verification for digital application platforms.” ...

As a queer, brown teenager growing up in a conservative part of Texas, Sarah Philips, a campaigner for Fight for the Future, said the internet served as a place to find community. “Most people I know ...

Age verification is coming to app stores in Texas, meaning that users could soon be required to provide some form of identification in order to download anything from ...

Texas has just taken a significant and commendable step towards a safer digital world for its children. Gov. Greg Abbott's signing of the app store age verification bill isn't just another piece of ...

US state Utah has passed a law requiring app stores to verify a user’s age and obtain parental consent before minors can download apps. As reported by The Verge ...

A groundbreaking law in Utah is poised to shake up how minors access apps. Earlier this month, Utah’s state legislature passed S.B. 142 (App Store Accountability Act), which requires major app store ...

A federal judge has blocked a new Texas law that was intended to protect minors. The App Store Accountability Act that was set to go into effect on Thursday would have required age verification or ...

As parents, we do our best to teach our kids how to stay safe online. We put limits on screen time. We use the settings available on their devices to help protect their privacy and reduce their ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas’ app store age verification law, delaying requirements that would force Apple and Google to verify users’ ages. While the ruling pauses enforcement for ...