Texas, Utah, and Louisiana now require app stores to verify users’ ages and transmit age and parental‑approval status to apps. Apple and Google will build new APIs and workflows to comply, warning this forces collection of sensitive IDs even for trivial downloads.
— This shifts the U.S. toward state‑driven identity infrastructure online, trading privacy for child‑safety rules and fragmenting app access by jurisdiction.
EditorDavid
2026.01.10
95% relevant
This Politico/Slashdot item is the exact reportage of the trend captured by the existing idea: Texas/Utah/Louisiana pushing app‑store age verification, California’s device‑liability alternative, and the D.C. and other state bills; the article names Joel Thayer and quotes the expected tech pushback and First Amendment litigation that the earlier item anticipated.
2026.01.05
90% relevant
The article describes rapid VPN adoption in reaction to UK age‑verification requirements; that maps directly to the existing idea about states forcing age‑verification and app/store changes that fragment platform behavior and force technical workarounds.
EditorDavid
2025.11.30
60% relevant
The Australian policy raises the same enforcement and technical issues highlighted by state‑level age‑gate laws: how platforms verify age, how easy it is to lie about birthdates, and whether app ecosystems can or will implement reliable geofenced restrictions — problems illustrated in the article by teens asking 'what if I lie about my age?'.
BeauHD
2025.10.09
100% relevant
Apple’s developer notice on SB2420 and Google’s developer guidance stating the laws will require ingesting age ranges and parental approval status and will reduce user privacy.