Google opposes Meta's age verification plan via app stores, highlighting potential privacy risks and ineffectiveness for protecting children. The company argues that this approach neglects various ...

Meta is prompting Quest 2 and 3 users to reenter their birthdays so that it can place accounts in the appropriate age experience as it tries to centralize age verification through its Quest store.

The company also argued the legislation was a way for Meta to shirk its responsibility to kids’ safety and would not make any meaningful changes to teens’ experiences on social media.

Meta and other social media companies support putting the onus on app stores to verify ages amid criticism that they don't do enough to make their products safe for children — or verify that no ...

(The Center Square) — From failed carbon tax proposals to sweeping tort reform, Louisiana lawmakers took up a flurry of high-stakes legislation this week, revealing sharp divisions over industry ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- A representative for the company that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp supports South Dakota requiring app stores to verify users' ages.

And Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is on board with the proposal. Ohio lawmakers want to give parents more say in what their kids do on their smartphones and tablets.

Meta, Snap Inc. and X also claim that requiring an age check in one secure location limits the number of times and places a user has to share personal information, such as an ID or credit card ...