The bill, pushed as a way to protect children online, has drawn the attention of tech titans Apple, Google and Meta.

The app is described as a temporary solution until the EU rolls out a Digital Identity Wallet with age-checking features next ...

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

1️⃣ Safety first: Texas is the latest state to pass a law requiring Google and Apple to verify app store users’ ages. It’s ...

Moral panic laws have popped up across the United States in the 2025 legislative season. Recently, North Dakota joined the ...

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

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

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.

A research report from Aztec examines the potential in zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) for privacy preserving online age ...

North Dakota passed laws requiring age verification for pornographic websites and penalizing the nonconsensual creation and distribution of deepfakes. The laws, effective August 1st, aim to protect ...

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 ...