Google & Facebook like California's new age check law, but Apple hates it

AppleInsider
Oct 13, 2025, 1:16 pm260 pts
California's new online safety law requires device-makers like Apple and Google to collect user ages and share that data with apps to help protect kids online. Google and Facebook are happy, Hollywood and Apple are not. A new age verification law in California pits device makers against Hollywood On October…

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