Apple's age rating system in the App Store is not doing enough to protect children, a report claims, after a day's worth of research found a high proportion of apps deemed acceptable to children ...

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 ...

Utah just passed a law that would make app stores verify user ages instead of individual apps. Apple and Google would have to get parental consent before minors can download certain apps in the state.

The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that would require app stores to have age verifications for ...

Utah today passed the App Store Accountability Act, a law that requires mobile app stores from Apple and Google to verify the age of users rather than having individual apps do age verification.

A new Texas state law set to take effect on Jan. 1 would have required app stores to implement age verification processes. But the law has been put on hold, at least temporarily, by a federal court ...

A groundbreaking law in Utah is poised to shake up how minors access apps. Earlier this month, Utah’s state legislature passed S.B. 142 (App Store Accountability ...

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 ...

Anytime someone in Louisiana downloads an app, they would have to verify their age, and minors would need to get parental permission for their downloads if a bill nearing final passage in the state ...

The App Store Accountability Act is headed to the governor’s desk, but a legal battle over the controversial bill seems all but certain. On Wednesday, Utah became the first state in the country to ...

Apple Reveals How Its App Store Will Follow Age-Verification Rules in Texas Starting Jan. 1, Apple users in Texas will be required to verify their age while setting up a new account. If a user is ...

New codes developed by the tech sector and eSafety commissioner come into effect in December, with major ramifications for internet users ...