Age verification requirements—especially those blocking access to a wide range of speech, as seen in ASAA—undermine Americans' rights.

A package of child safety bills is headed to the House floor following an hours-long session that left Democrats and Republicans divided. On Thursday, lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy and ...

Senate Bill 372 would require app store providers to verify the ages of all app store users before purchasing, downloading and using apps.

As a queer, brown teenager growing up in a conservative part of Texas, Sarah Philips, a campaigner for Fight for the Future, said the internet served as a place to find community. “Most people I know ...

Apple's App Store age verification system has been updated to ensure compliance can be maintained in places like Louisiana, ...

The App Store Accountability Act (ASAA) is a proposed law in the US that would put the onus of age verification on app store developers. It looks to shift the responsibility of age verification from ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah on Wednesday became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users' ages and get parental consent for minors to ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed the App Store Accountability Act, requiring app store operators like Google and Apple to verify the age of all users. The new ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore can’t download apps rated 18-plus unless their age has been confirmed.

Australia could soon force the Apple App Store to remove AI apps that let users access adult or violent content without age ...