The bill, pushed as a way to protect children online, has drawn the attention of tech titans Apple, Google and Meta.

Tech giant Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, had a representative testify this week on an Ohio bill to require age ...

The move puts the state at the center of a debate over whether and how to regulate smartphone use by children and teenagers.

Ohio lawmakers want to give parents more say in what their kids do on their smartphones and tablets. And Meta, which owns ...

Texas is readying a bill to ban social media for minors. If enacted, the bill would make Texas the second U.S. state to ...

A new bill would make it illegal for anyone under 18 to use major social media sites, even if their parents say it's okay.

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

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 ...

Texas has enacted a law mandating age verification and parental consent for minors downloading apps, effective January 1, ...

Tech giant Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, testified on an Ohio bill to require age verification to download from ...