Though no legal challenges have been filed yet, experts predict big tech companies and free speech advocates will push back on Texas’ new digital child safety laws. But McKenna says parents don’t have ...

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

A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young ...

Texas is poised to become the second state to enact an across-the-board ban on social media for minors before its state ...

News and sports websites will be safe. As of June 2024, 10 states, including Texas, have passed laws restricting children's access to social media, according to the Age Verification Providers ...

The state legislature has passed a bill requiring age verification for app downloads and is debating another bill to ...

Texas is on the cusp of enacting one of the nation's most stringent social media regulations, with House Bill 186 set to ...

Currently, only Florida has laws banning minors from using social media, but its laws are not as strict as the proposed Texas Bill 186. Florida’s age restriction is currently 14 years old, ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) - A bill that would have banned minors from having a social media account has missed a deadline to ...

Texas lawmakers are one step away from enacting one of the country’s most aggressive laws aimed at keeping minors off social ...

Texas has signed into law its online child safety bill, a sweeping measure that mandates Apple and Google must verify user ages and secure parental approval before minors can download apps or make ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A push in Texas to ban social media accounts for children under 18 faded Thursday after lawmakers did ...