A slate of new laws will go into effect Sept. 1 in Texas. State legislators passed hundreds of new laws during the recently ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed the App Store Accountability Act, requiring app store operators like Google and Apple to verify the age of all users. The new law will prevent minors from ...

(NewsNation) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas App Store Accountability Act, mandating that Apple and Google verify the age of users on their app stores. The law, set to take effect ...

New York (CNN) — Google and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into law on Tuesday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ceremonially signed two bills into law coauthored by freshman state Rep. Caroline Fairly, R-Amarillo, ...

The Lone Star State is the second to pass a law putting the responsibility of age verification on app stores, following Utah’s lead. The Texas law is set to go into effect Jan. 1.

The Texas App Store Accountability Act follows similar legislation that passed in Utah earlier this year, although it requires the app stores to collect even more user data. Enforcement of the Texas ...

- Daniel de la Hoz/Moment RF/Getty Images Google and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into law on Tuesday.