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Nine states proposing to make Apple and Google responsible for age verification

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/02/Nine-states-proposing-to-make-Apple-and-Google-app-stores-responsible-for-age-verification.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>At least nine US states are considering legislation that would make <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">app store[/url] owners like <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/google/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google[/url] responsible for age verification before giving access to apps with minimum age requirements. Currently the legal responsibility lies with developers.</p>



<p>The issue is most applicable to social media apps, which typically have a minimum age of 13, and is an approach advocated by <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/meta/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Meta[/url] CEO <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/mark-zuckerberg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mark Zuckerberg[/url] … </p>



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