The move puts the state at the center of a debate over whether and how to regulate smartphone use by children and teenagers.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which is set to take effect at the beginning of next year.

Google and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into ...

The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft ...

Texas will now require age verification for use of the iOS App Store, thanks to the state's App Store Accountability Act, ...

The App Store Accountability Act requires age verification from all users and will prevent minors from downloading apps or ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott today signed into law the App Store Accountability Act, which will require Apple and Google to ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill Tuesday requiring app stores, such as those run by Apple and Google, to verify user ...

Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2420 on Tuesday, which will require app store owners like Apple and Google to verify the ages ...

Texas passed a law this week forcing Google and Apple to check the ages of mobile app store users and require parents’ ...

After a heavy lobbying campaign that included Apple CEO Tim Cook personally calling Texas Governor Greg Abbott to veto ...

Texas governor Greg Abott signed a law requiring Apple and Google to verify the age of users signing into their app stores ...