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

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

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.

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 signed a bill into law that requires Apple and Google to verify the age of users before allowing ...

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

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

Safety first: Texas is the latest state to pass a law requiring Google and Apple to verify app store users’ ages. It’s part ...

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

The state of Texas has passed a bill that now requires app stores and marketplaces to have age verification before downloads ...

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

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -A bill that requires Apple and Alphabet's Google to verify the age of users of ...