Texas Enacts App Store Accountability Act Requiring Age Verification and Parental Consent for Minors

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Texas Enacts App Store Accountability Act Requiring Age Verification and Parental Consent for Minors

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Voxtake away young people’s First Amendment rights, still have free speech rights

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Texas passed the App Store Accountability Act mandating age verification and parental approval for all app downloads by users under 18. The law is now subject to challenge in Students Engaged v. Paxton. The 2011 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association struck down a narrower California restriction on violent video games for minors.

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[Vox 🏢] The Supreme Court is about to decide if children still have free speech rights [vox.com] The Supreme Court is about to decide if children still have free speech rights, in Students Engaged v. Paxton

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Progressive

The law threatens minors' First Amendment protections by creating gatekeeping that could limit access to educational and activist content.

“Risks to children's speech rights and privacy from corporate data collection”

Conservative

The statute asserts parental authority over platforms distributing content linked to youth mental-health harms.

“Family decision-making versus tech-platform monetization of minors”

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The requirements expand state power by compelling private companies to enforce surveillance and consent rules.

“Centralized mandates versus individual and market solutions”

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All three views assume Brown v. EMA controls despite addressing a narrower content ban, and overlook existing non-mandated parental controls.

“Shared premise that the statute substitutes state judgment for parental discretion”

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