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 ...

Meta, X, and Snap are celebrating a new Utah law that will require Apple and Google to take responsibility for verifying users' ages on their app stores ...

Gov. Spencer Cox (R) has signed the App Store Accountability Act, a law that will put the onus on app store operators like Apple and Google to verify users’ ages and get parents’ consent for their ...

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Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, making it the first state to require that app store makers verify their users' ages. Under this law, people in Utah will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Utah's new App Store Accountability Act will force companies like Apple and Google to verify the ages of new App Store users in the state. The law, signed by Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Wednesday ...

This law tasks Utah's Division of Consumer Protection with making rules establishing processes by which an app store provider may verify an account holder's age. Certain violations of the state's ...

Under this law, people in Utah will need to be over age 18 to make a new account with an app store; underage users will need to link their account to a parent’s so that the adult can give ...

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