US EditionHouse panel advances kids online safety bills
- On Dec 10, Apple CEO Tim Cook met House Energy and Commerce Committee members on Capitol Hill to oppose the App Store Accountability Act, urging Congress to let parents decide if apps collect children’s age data.
- The App Store Accountability Act is intended to keep minors from harmful content and requires age verification and parental consent, with similar measures in Texas's SB2420, Utah earlier this year, and Australia's under-16 social media ban.
- To head off legislation, Apple Inc. proposed privacy-forward options including parental tools, new age categories, and the Declared Age Range API, Ware said.
- Mr. Cook met House Energy and Commerce Committee members on Dec 10; Texas already enacted a law requiring parental consent for users below 18, effective January 1, 2026.
- A 2023 Pew Research poll found 81 support for parental consent and 71 for age verification, with Apple emphasizing that age data should not be retained by app stores or developers.
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House panel advances kids online safety bills
Legislation that would require social media platforms to implement policies to prevent certain harms to minors was advanced Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, with 17 other bills centered on children’s safety online. The harm-prevention bill, dubbed the Kids’ Online Safety Act, is a new version of legislation that the full committee forwarded last Congress, but leaves out a duty of care m…
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The Star Kuala LumpurApple CEO pushes for changes in US child online safety bill, citing privacy concerns
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 10 : Apple CEO Tim Cook met U.S. House members on Wednesday to push back against federal legislation that could require the iPhone maker to authenticate users' ages and possibly collect sensitive data on children, lobbying instead to put the onus on parents to decide whether to tell app stores abo
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