Additionally, the act requires app stores to securely verify ages and share them with apps as anonymous age categories. This ...

Developers are required to provide clear age ratings consistent with App Store policies, and apps designed for kids are designated in a unique category and undergo a stricter App Review process ...

The research focused on apps with assigned age ratings of 4+, 9+ and 12+ in categories considered to be “risky”: chat (including AI and stranger chat apps), beauty, diet and weight loss ...

Lawmakers show no sign of slowing down with laws to limit minors’ use of social media. State and federal legislation ...

SB142 would require app store providers — like Apple and Google — to verify the age of each user who downloads apps and would ...

State Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, is sponsoring the bill. If passed, it would require age verification from both app stores and developers. Kids under 18 years of age would need their parent’s ...

But that hasn’t stopped Google from trying to retroactively pull it from its mobile app store over age rating concerns. “Happy New Year everyone! Just three hours into 2025, I received an ...

app age-rating safety measures, annual certifications of safe harbor, and a parental complaint mechanism. Putting increased control into parents’ hands would allow us to protect our children.