Meta Settlement Puts Age Assurance and Under-13 Removal Under an Independent Auditor
Meta must run what California calls robust age assurance to detect users under 18, identify and remove children under 13, and open those practices to an…
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Texas Court Orders Discord to Bring UK Age Assurance to State Users
Discord must extend age-assurance and default child-safety controls already offered to users in the United Kingdom to accounts identified as belonging to Texas…
Apple Enforces Texas App Store Age-Assurance Law After Injunction Lifted
Apple has begun applying Texas’s app store age-assurance requirements to new Apple Accounts created in the state, after a court lifted an injunction that had…
Texas Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Meta Glasses Over Biometric Privacy
Texas AG Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into Meta Glasses over facial geometry collection and recording, issuing a Civil Investigative Demand to Meta.
US Judge Blocks Texas App Store Age-Verification Law
A federal judge in Texas has blocked a state law that would have required app stores to implement age verification and parental consent mechanisms for users…
Texas Court Allows Google to Depose State Officials in Biometric Privacy Lawsuit
The Texas Court of Appeals has granted Google permission to question Texas state officials in an ongoing privacy lawsuit, marking a significant development in…
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to State Online Age Verification Laws
Several U.S. states have enacted legislation requiring adult entertainment websites to implement age verification systems, leading to legal challenges that…
Texas AG Expands Privacy Investigations into Major Tech Platforms, Targeting Data Collection from Minors
The Texas Attorney General’s office has intensified its data privacy enforcement efforts by launching investigations into several technology companies,…
Meta to Pay $1.4B in Texas Biometric Privacy Lawsuit
Meta’s record-breaking settlement in its biometric privacy dispute with the state of Texas has now been revealed: The company has agreed to pay out $1.4…
In Texas Biometrics Lawsuit, Google Wants to ‘Investigate the Investigator’
Texas has requested a judge to block Google from questioning the state and its legal team in a lawsuit accusing the company of unlawfully collecting biometric…