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A new law allows families to take legal action when deceptive age and content ratings lead to harm.
Utah today passed the App Store Accountability Act, a law that requires mobile app stores from Apple and Google to verify the ...
Gov. Spencer Cox (R) has signed the App Store Accountability Act, a law that will put the onus on app store operators like ...
Utah signs groundbreaking App Store Accountability Act, making it the first state to require age verification and parental control for teen app downloads.
Gov. Spencer Cox signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, making Utah the first state in the nation to require age ...
Utah's new App Store Accountability Act will force companies like Apple and Google to verify the ages of new App Store users ...
Utah has enacted a law requiring app store operators like Apple and Google to verify children's ages for app downloads, starting in May. Social media platforms welcome the move, which aims to empower ...
Unlike Utah’s App Store Accountability Act, Google emphasizes collaboration between app stores and developers that would improve parental controls.
The new laws will require age verification for apps, give users control over their data and ban phones from classrooms.
Utah isn’t the only state considering some such legislation around age verification; it is the first to enact a law of this kind. The App Store Accountability Act, as the new law is called ...
But Meta, Snap, and X have praised the law, which Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed on Wednesday. The App Store Accountability Act, also known as S.B. 142, is set to take effect on May 7 — but is ...