Texas Texas application will require age verification for purchases | Social Media

The law of entry into force on January 1 supports social media companies, but Apple and Google opposes it.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Apple and the alphabet signed the age of users of Google’s users, children and adolescent smartphone and how to adjust the age of app stores.

The bill signed the law on Tuesday.

The Law, which entered into force on January 1, requires the consent of the app for app purchases for users to download applications or under 18 years of age. This year, Utah is the first country this year, and the US deputies also presented a federal bill.

Another Texas Bill will restrict social media applications to users 18 years and older, waiting for the voice of the State House of Representatives and a Senate.

Extensive support

Age limits and parental consent for social media applications are among several areas of a wide range of US consensus. In 2023, a Pew research request said 81 percent of Americans demanded the age of 81 percent of children to create social media accounts and use social media.

The impact of social media on the mental health of children has become a global concern. Dozens of US claimed meta platforms and advised the United States on security measures for children in general. Last year, Australia was banned for social media for children under 16, taking into account the new rules with other countries such as Norway.

How to implement age restrictions, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, the two dominant U.S. App Store has led to confrontation between Apple and Google.

Meta and social media companies have welcomed Snap and X bill.

“Parents want a window to allow a window to check the age of the child and to download the applications on the way to protect the privacy.

Kathleen Farley, Apple and Alphabet, said that Texas law is likely to face legal problems on the first amendment.

“A great way for the call is to download great speech in trying to regulate children’s speech,” Farley news agency reported on Tuesday. “I would say that this is a substantial regulation of digital communication.”

Children’s online security teams supporting Texas Bill have long, the App Store is the only way to provide effective control of children for children’s technology use, he said.

“The problem is the failure of self-regulation in the digital Marketplace, the protection of the security and rights of children and families, Casey Stefanski, CEeys, CEO Reuters.

Apple and Google opposed Texas Bill, while these applications were protested, applied quilt requirements to share age information with all applications.

“Although applications are applied, if applications for applications or sports scores or sports scores are required to collect and maintain an application, apply sensitive individual identifications for each Texan, each Texan will be required to collect and maintain sensitive individual information.

Google and Apple cover each of each of them with their proposals, only age range data that requires more than all applications.

“We see a role in the legislation here,” Kareem Ghanem, CEO of government work in Reutere and public policy.

“This should be done properly and (Meta CEO Mark) and social media companies and social media companies have been harmed in these sites, because these sites and adolescents are harmful to people and how we can do.”