"The Act renders wide swaths of speech at the very heart of the First Amendment's protection presumptively off limits to minors when accessed through apps -- a critical channel of distribution for ...

The newly filed lawsuit argues the App Store Accountability Act violates the First Amendment by limiting access to protected speech. A Texas student group and two high schoolers are suing to block a ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill requiring Apple and Alphabet’s Google to verify the age of users of their app stores, putting the second-most-populous state at the center ...

TEXAS, USA — Many Texas legislators said online child safety was a top priority during this recent legislative session, but will their efforts hold up in court? During the last session, legislators ...

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. The Texas App Store Accountability Act follows similar ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill requiring Apple AAPL.O and Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O to verify the age of users of their app stores, ...

Two lawsuits have been filed over Texas' app store age verification law. Credit: Vadym Plysiuk / iStock / Getty Images What do Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon have in common with an advocacy group ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill last week that will require mobile phone app stores to verify the ages of users, despite a phone call from the CEO of one of the world’s largest companies urging the ...

A new Texas law is poised to significantly reshape how app stores and developers manage users under 18. The state’s App Store Accountability Act (the “Act”) becomes effective on January 1, 2026. The ...