"In an order granting a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420), Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute "is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental consent before the child or teen could enter and again when they try to purchase a book.""
"The Texas App Store Accountability Act is the first among a series of similar state laws to face a legal challenge, making the ruling especially significant, as Congress considers a version of the statute. The laws, versions of which also passed in Utah and Louisiana, aim to impose age verification standards at the app store level, making companies like Apple and Google responsible for transmitting signals about users' ages to app developers to block us"
A federal judge blocked a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1. Judge Robert Pitman granted a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) and described the statute as akin to requiring bookstores to verify every customer's age and obtain parental consent for minors before entry or purchase. Pitman has not yet ruled on the merits, but the injunction indicates the law's defenders are unlikely to prevail. The Texas law is the first of similar state statutes to face legal challenge while Congress considers a version of the statute. Similar laws in Utah and Louisiana seek to impose age verification standards at the app-store level, making companies like Apple and Google responsible for transmitting signals about users' ages to app developers.
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