Apple, Google warn app developers of broad changes over Texas age law
By Mike Swift ( June 9, 2026, 23:21 GMT | Insight) -- Apple and Google, owners of the two major mobile app stores, have told iOS and Android developers to begin changing their apps to comply with the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which requires developers to know the age of their users and to age-rate their apps — despite a federal judge's ruling in December that it's probably unconstitutional. An industry group told a federal appeals court this week that it caused "irreparable harm" by allowing the Texas law to take effect before its compliance with the First Amendment was finally determined by US courts.Apple and Google have begun informing developers of the millions of apps in the two tech giants’ app stores that they must honor age-verification mandates in a Texas law that a federal appeals court allowed to take effect even as its constitutionality remains in doubt....
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