Is Snap solving the problem of age verification, or passing it on? The full picture is more complicated than it seems.

A state bill strengthening age verification for app stores is getting pushback from a coalition of app developers. The big ...

Starting in January, three state app store age verification laws will take effect: Texas’ App Store Accountability Act (effective Jan. 1), Utah’s App Store Accountability Act (effective May 7) and ...

Age verification is coming to app stores in Texas, meaning that users could soon be required to provide some form of identification in order to download anything from ...

Josh Withrow, Fellow, Tech & Innovation Policy, R Street Institute In OPPOSITION to House Bill 1658, the “An Act relative to parental consent and age verification for digital application platforms.” ...

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 ...

An Alabama bill mandating age verification for minors on app stores advances, sparking debate over child safety and privacy ...

Texas has just taken a significant and commendable step towards a safer digital world for its children. Gov. Greg Abbott's signing of the app store age verification bill isn't just another piece of ...

Four states – California, Louisiana, Texas, and Utah – have enacted laws that purport to require mobile app stores and mobile app developers to verify the age of users and implement certain safeguards ...

US state Utah has passed a law requiring app stores to verify a user’s age and obtain parental consent before minors can download apps. As reported by The Verge ...

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 ...