GOP lawmakers to introduce bill requiring app stores to verify users ages

Lee Introduces Bill to Protect Children Online, Hold App Stores Accountable

Mike Lee Press Release WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the App Store Accountability Act today, a bill providing parents with tools to protect their children from harmful content on mobile apps. Representative John James (R-MI) introduced the companion bill in the House of Representatives. “For too long, Big Tech has profited from app stores through which children in America and across the world access violent and sexual mate…

Lawmakers push app store age verification bill to protect kids online

A pair of Republican lawmakers are pushing Congress to take up a bill that would require app stores to verify the ages of its users. They want app stores to share the information with developers in a push to protect the nation’s youth online amid research about the harms social media and other platforms have on mental health. The bill, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Rep. John James of Michigan, would require app stores like Google and Apple to…

California parents need our lawmakers to pass the Digital Age Assurance Act

Boys share a laptop computer at an elementary school. (File photo by Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press) If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly playing digital catch-up with your kids as a parent, you’re not alone. Parenting in the digital age is no joke. Between school, sports, social lives, and now screens, our plates are full. As a mom of four (yes, four!), I know firsthand how tough it is to stay on top of every single app, every single …

Lawmakers push app store age verification to protect kids online

A pair of Republican lawmakers are pushing Congress to take up a bill that would require app stores to verify the ages of all its users and share the informatio

New proposed law would require Apple and Google to verify your age before letting you into their app stores

By Clare Duffy, CNN

Protect Louisiana’s Children from Dangerous Apps | CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA

App stores are the digital gatekeepers of children's online lives, but they systematically invite harm by treating children as adults and allowing them to consent to dangerous contracts with large corporations. App stores face little accountability for vague age ratings, and they routinely make critical details, such as app content descriptions, hard to access. This makes informed consent (which children are not capable of) effectively impossible