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Apple and Google Reluctantly Comply With Texas Age Verification Law
Friday October 10, 2025. 12:00 AM , from Slashdot
![]() The Texas App Store Accountability Act requires app stores to verify users' ages and imposes restrictions on those under 18. Apple said that developers will have 'to adopt new capabilities and modify behavior within their apps to meet their obligations under the law.' Apple's post noted that similar laws will take effect later in 2026 in Utah and Louisiana. Google also recently announced plans for complying with the three state laws and said the new requirements reduce user privacy. 'While we have user privacy and trust concerns with these new verification laws, Google Play is designing APIs, systems, and tools to help you meet your obligations,' Google told developers in an undated post. The Utah law is scheduled to take effect May 7, 2026, while the Louisiana law will take effect July 1, 2026. The Texas, Utah, and Louisiana 'laws impose significant new requirements on many apps that may need to provide age appropriate experiences to users in these states,' Google said. 'These requirements include ingesting users' age ranges and parental approval status for significant changes from app stores and notifying app stores of significant changes.' Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/09/2044214/apple-and-google-reluctantly-comply-with-texas-age-...
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