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Texas just passed the App Store law that Tim Cook personally tried to stop


After a heavy lobbying campaign that included Apple CEO Tim Cook personally calling Texas Governor Greg Abbott to veto Texas...

The law mirrors similar legislation already in effect in Utah, and represents a growing trend of state-level efforts to regulate kids’ access to online services. It also marks a victory for Meta, which has been waging its own fights against bills that target social media platforms directly, and has aggressively supported efforts that instead shift responsibility to app storefronts. Apple has argued that while it supports child safety efforts, this law does more harm than good by forcing platforms to collect and store sensitive personal information from all users, not just children.

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