Greg Abbott signed a bill last week that will require mobile phone app stores to verify the ages of users, despite a phone ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott today signed into law the App Store Accountability Act, which will require Apple and Google to ...

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 move puts the state at the center of a debate over whether and how to regulate smartphone use by children and teenagers.

Texas will now require age verification for use of the iOS App Store, thanks to the state's App Store Accountability Act, ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill Tuesday requiring app stores, such as those run by Apple and Google, to verify user ...

The App Store Accountability Act, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, aims to prevent minors from downloading apps without parental ...

A bill that would have banned children under 18 from using social media in Texas did not pass the state legislature.

The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft ...

Though no legal challenges have been filed yet, experts predict big tech companies and free speech advocates will push back on Texas’ new digital child safety laws. But McKenna says parents don’t have ...

1️⃣ Safety first: Texas is the latest state to pass a law requiring Google and Apple to verify app store users’ ages. It’s ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook personally called Texas Governor Greg Abbott urging him to veto legislation requiring age verification for ...