Meta urges app stores to centralize age verification as social media bans loom

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  • Meta urged lawmakers to shift online age verification to Apple and Google app stores, warning platform-level checks raise privacy and security risks.
  • It argued broad social media bans can backfire without reliable age checks, citing reports of teens bypassing controls under Australia’s under-16 ban.
  • Meta said workarounds can push teens to unmonitored apps, reducing the effectiveness of built-in protections such as Instagram Teen Accounts.
  • It pointed to state-level momentum in the US, citing laws enacted in Texas, Utah, Louisiana, Alabama, California, with federal legislation advancing.
  • Meta cited polling showing 85% of US parents support app-store age verification, with similar majorities reported in Australia and Europe.


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