The Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced legislation enforcing new age verification ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the KIDS Act is a ‘smoke screen’ for what Big Tech lobbyists want. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the KIDS Act is a ‘smoke screen’ for what Big Tech lobbyists ...

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 ...

Apple's App Store age verification system has been updated to ensure compliance can be maintained in places like Louisiana, Utah, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore. Specifically, users in Australia, ...

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 ...

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