US EditionBig tech giants battle over competing age verification bills
- A bill that advanced through a Louisiana committee in 2025 aims to have Google and Apple confirm users' ages and restrict minors from accessing specific applications.
- This legislation emerges amid intense lobbying efforts nationwide involving major app platforms such as Google and Apple and developers including Meta, centered on assigning responsibility for protecting children on their services.
- Meta, owned by Mark Zuckerberg, employs numerous lobbyists and spends millions federally and in Louisiana to support bills easing developer liability.
- Google promotes a privacy-first legislative framework opposing one-size-fits-all mandates, warning they increase risks, invade privacy, and fail to address real concerns, according to Kareem Ghanem.
- The bill’s future depends on which tech company prevails, with no consensus on who should bear responsibility for social media’s child safety issues across lobbies and legislators.
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Debate over age verification intensifies in Washington
The fight over a key internet protection for children is ramping up in Washington, where Big Tech companies are pinning the responsibility on each other as lawmakers push for stricter requirements. After months of action in the states, age verification legislation made its way to Congress last week, when Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep.…
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