App Store Accountability: New Parental Rights and Child Content Protection.
This law grants parents the right to sue major app stores (over 5 million users) if their child is harmed by exposure to covered content (violence, sexual material, certain social forums). To gain legal protection, app stores must implement strict age verification, obtain verifiable parental consent for downloads and purchases, and provide robust parental control tools. This significantly increases parental oversight and legal recourse in the digital environment.
Key points
Parents gain the right to bring civil action against large app stores for injuries resulting from minors' exposure to harmful content.
App stores must verify user ages and obtain verifiable parental consent for minors' app downloads and in-app purchases.
Platforms must provide parents with easy-to-use tools for blocking apps, setting usage limits, and filtering content.
App stores lose legal protection if they sell age category data or fail to implement effective child safety measures.
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