Texas enacts an online child safety bill requiring app stores to verify users' ages and secure parental approval before minors can get most apps or make IAPs
If this goes anything like the porn ban, Apple and Google are just gonna pull out of the Texas market. Hey Texans, hope you either have a VPN or you're hoarding every app you could possibly want. X: Senator Angela Paxton / @angelapaxtontx : Today Gov @GregAbbott_TX signed the App Store Accountability Act into law! You can read my full press release below: #txlege #SB2420 [image] @senatorshoshana : My latest! Kids don't have IDs and can't get them. SSNs and birth certificates don't have pictures. Age estimation is off by years. How is this supposed to work? @rsi : No effective age-verification solutions for younger users currently exist, and there are real barriers to verifying parental consent. Here, we examine government IDs, SSNs, birth certificates, and age estimation @senatorshoshana [image] Melissa McKay / @melissa_m818 : 🔥BREAKING: Texas Governor @GregAbbott_TX just signed the App Store Accountability Act! This despite Apple's @tim_cook calling to beg for a veto and a swarm of Big Tech lobbyists fighting to kill it. Parents are winning! 👏👏👏 #AppStoreAccountability https://capitol.texas.gov/... Evan Swarztrauber / @sayreevan : Congrats to TX on adopting this commonsense approach to kids' online safety. Special congrats to @joellthayer for his bill getting signed into law in two states! And shout-out to the advocates who made this happen, including: @DawnHawkins33, @melissamckay, @DigiChildAllnce. Greyson Gee / @greysontgee : This is a common sense law that puts parents back in control of their kids digital experience. Huge win for Texas families! Vance Ginn / @vanceginn : Unfortunately, TX Gov Abbott signed the bad age-verification bill SB 2420 today. It places more dependency on the govt and less on parents and uses weak evidence to support the need for govt involvement. We need more parental responsibility! https://capitol.texas.gov/... [image] David Dunmoyer / @dddunmoyer : It's officially official: @GregAbbott_TX has signed SB 2420, the App Store Accountability Act, into law. Texas is now the largest state in the country to take back the reins from Big Tech and empower parents to parent in the digital age!!! #txlege [image] @digichildallnce : Thank you @GregAbbott_TX for signing SB 2420, the App Store Accountability Act, into law!! Texas is now the 2nd state to enact sweeping protections that give parents greater oversight & hold app stores accountable for how they treat young users. Go Texas! Forums: r/apple : Texas governor signs law to enforce age verification on Apple, Google app stores r/JoeRogan : Another win for Texas....
God my state has the stupidest legislators (for many reasons!) but here's the newest latest: — If this goes anything like the porn ban, Apple and Google are just gonna pull out of the Texas market. Hey Texans, hope you either have a VPN or you're hoarding every app you could p…
My latest! Kids don't have IDs and can't get them. SSNs and birth certificates don't have pictures. Age estimation is off by years. How is this supposed to work?
No effective age-verification solutions for younger users currently exist, and there are real barriers to verifying parental consent. Here, we examine government IDs, SSNs, birth certificates, and age estimation @senatorshoshana [image]
🔥BREAKING: Texas Governor @GregAbbott_TX just signed the App Store Accountability Act! This despite Apple's @tim_cook calling to beg for a veto and a swarm of Big Tech lobbyists fighting to kill it. Parents are winning! 👏👏👏 #AppStoreAccountability https://capitol.texas.gov/...
Congrats to TX on adopting this commonsense approach to kids' online safety. Special congrats to @joellthayer for his bill getting signed into law in two states! And shout-out to the advocates who made this happen, including: @DawnHawkins33, @melissamckay, @DigiChildAllnce.
Unfortunately, TX Gov Abbott signed the bad age-verification bill SB 2420 today. It places more dependency on the govt and less on parents and uses weak evidence to support the need for govt involvement. We need more parental responsibility! https://capitol.texas.gov/... [image]
It's officially official: @GregAbbott_TX has signed SB 2420, the App Store Accountability Act, into law. Texas is now the largest state in the country to take back the reins from Big Tech and empower parents to parent in the digital age!!! #txlege [image]
Thank you @GregAbbott_TX for signing SB 2420, the App Store Accountability Act, into law!! Texas is now the 2nd state to enact sweeping protections that give parents greater oversight & hold app stores accountable for how they treat young users. Go Texas!