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Texas’ App-Store Age Verification Law, Explained

As the state awaits a Supreme Court decision on a 2023 age-gating law, new legislation aims at Apple and Google.
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Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (via Getty Images)

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the App Store Accountability Act in late May, the second-most populous state in the union doubled down on age verification as the way to limit minors’ unfettered access to harmful online content, even as a constitutional challenge to a similar Texas law by the online porn industry awaits a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tracy Idell Hamilton is a freelance reporter and editor based in San Antonio, Texas.

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