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

Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which is set to take effect at the beginning of next year.

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

A measure being considered by state lawmakers would require anyone in Louisiana to verify their age before downloading an app ...

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

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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