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

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, ...

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

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

A bill that requires Apple and Alphabet's Google to verify the age of users of their app stores could become law this week in ...

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 ...

The Texas law is a blow to Apple and Google, both of which have argued that their app stores are the wrong place for age ...

The Lone Star State is the second to pass a law putting the responsibility of age verification on app stores, following ...

The Lone Star State is the second to pass a law putting the responsibility of age verification on app stores, following Utah’s lead. The Texas law is set to go into effect Jan. 1. Apple has ...