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 propose plusieurs méthodes pour la vérification d’âge. Les utilisateurs peuvent confirmer leur âge en téléchargeant une vidéo selfie, que Yoti, un partenaire spécialisé, ...

Meta is sparring with Apple and Google over who is responsible as child-safety advocates push for tech companies to check the ages of users and get parental consent before allowing downloads.

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 ...

A campaign by social media giant Meta to force app store giants Google and Apple to verify the ages of their users is picking up momentum with legislators in Congress.

A pair of Republican lawmakers are set to propose a new law that would require app stores to verify the ages of all users and share that information with app developers, following a similar state ...

All Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 users will have to verify their age in their Meta Account 30 days after being prompted. The company says its doing this to help developers better understand the ...

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.

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 ...

On April 21, 2025, Meta said it was rolling out a plan to ensure Alabama teens were accurately stating their age on Instagram. Decatur City Council to move forward with one police chief candidate ...