TEXAS has become the first US state to ban the TikTok alternative RedNote and the chatbot DeepSeek over fears Americans’ data could end up in the hands of Chinese Communist Party officials.

After a heavy lobbying campaign that included Apple CEO Tim Cook personally calling Texas Governor Greg Abbott to veto Texas Senate Bill 2420, known as the App Store Accountability Act, the bill ...

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

Apple has criticized a Texas bill mandating age verification for app store users, insisting that "better proposals" exist to protect children online. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill ...

Texas will now require age verification for use of the iOS App Store, thanks to the state's App Store Accountability Act, which was passed against Apple's wishes.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill requiring Apple and Alphabet's Google to verify the age of users of their app stores, putting the second-most-populous U.S. state at ...

Texas has already passed a similar bill targeting adult websites, resulting in dozens of sites — including major platforms like Pornhub — being blocked in the state since early last year.

CEO Tim Cook makes direct appeal to Governor Abbott as Texas moves forward with bill that has potential to reshape app-store privacy and parental control across country.

STORY: Texas is poised to pass a bill that would require Apple and Alphabet's Google to verify the ages of their app store users.The pending legislation puts the second most populous state at the ...