The ASAA requires app stores to verify users’ age along with parental consent for minors before allowing access to apps, ...

Apple has revealed that changes are coming to the App Store for any users or developers that reside in the state of Texas, starting on January 1, 2026. This is to ensure that both Apple and the App ...

New Apple Account users in Texas must confirm if they are 18 or older under SB2420. Users under 18 will need parental approval for all App Store downloads and purchases. Similar age verification laws ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Washington, D.C. today to meet with the House Energy and Commerce Committee about the upcoming App ...

State lawmakers across the country prioritized children’s online safety and privacy in 2025. Utah, Texas and Louisiana have taken an aggressive approach through new app store accountability acts.

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Developers producing iOS and iPadOS apps will have to abide by a Texas law that forces user age verification on the App Store. Apple has a new API to help developers comply. In a notice to developers ...

A Texas student group and two high schoolers are suing to block a new state law that would require everyone — adults and minors alike — to verify their age before ...

SB 2420 takes effect next year, but with app stores already complying, the First Amendment challenges are cropping up: one by trade group CCIA, another by a student advocacy group. California recently ...