CALIFORNIA AGE-VERIFICATION LEGISLATION would make tech giants such as Alphabet and Apple bear age-verification responsibilities for their app stores under a bill set for a key committee vote Tuesday. The California Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to approve the measure with some changes, such as removing language that would require parental consent to download apps.
- Advocates for children’s online safety are pushing measures to protect underage users. Utah, Texas, and Louisiana enacted laws this year requiring app stores to check user ages and require parental permission for those under 18 to download apps and make purchases.
- Google opposes the bill ...