A Texas judge found the law requiring adults and minors to verify their age before downloading apps or making in-app purchases likely violates adults and minors' First Amendment rights.

A preliminary injunction in federal court cited the First Amendment, handing a win to tech companies like Apple and Google.

A federal court stopped Texas law that would've forced app stores to verify users' ages before they could download apps. The ...

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 requir ...

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that the intent of the new law is sound, but as written, it violates the First Amendment.

A Texas federal judge temporarily blocked a new state law requiring adults and minors to verify their age before downloading ...

Senate Bill 2420, which would have gone into effect on Jan. 1, likely violates the First Amendment, according to the ruling.

A Texas federal judge today blocked an App Store age verification law that was set to go into effect on January 1, 2026, which means Apple may not have to support the changes after all. The Texas App ...

Chris Fields, CMO of AI-powered age verification start-up Yoti, giving a demonstration of the company's age verification technology at their offices in London. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty ...

Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.

Pinterest announced Monday it is backing the App Store Accountability Act, a bill that would require app stores to verify user ages. The legislation, put forward by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep.

Missouri residents will be required to verify they are older than 18 before accessing adult-only content online by the end of November. Websites and apps in which more than one-third of the material ...