Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation requiring app store operators to verify users’ ages and require parental consent for minors to download apps.

The App Store Accountability Act is headed to the governor’s desk, but a legal battle over the controversial bill seems all but certain.

Google says Meta is offloading its responsibility to keep kids safe by backing a Utah bill that puts the onus on app stores ...

The app store is the best place for it,” Meta, X and Snap Inc. said in a joint statement Wednesday. ”We applaud Utah for putting parents in charge with its landmark legislation and urge Congre ...

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 ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers in a Congressional hearing last January that it didn’t make sense for his platforms to verify how old their users are in order to serve them age-appropriate ...

Google is pushing back against other major technology companies’ efforts to put the responsibility of age verification on the ...

Utah passed a bill on Wednesday that will require app stores to verify users’ ages and receive parental consent for minors to download applications, making the Beehive State the first in the country ...

Utah’s App Store Accountability Act is aimed at curbing this issue. If signed into law, app store operators would be required to identify a users’ “age category” — either an under-13 ...

Utah has passed a bill, the App Store Accountability Act, which is geared towards protecting kids on the internet.  With the ...

Utah mother Melissa McKay joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss why she’s in favor of her state passing legislation to require app stores to use age verification.