FL Bill Requires Parental Consent To Download Apps

Florida Politics reports:

On Monday afternoon, the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee will hold a hearing to discuss Senate Bill 1438, introduced by Sen. Erin Grall [photo]. This bill requires app stores and operating systems to obtain parental consent before minors can download apps on their devices.

Utah became the first state to pass such legislation in February. The Utah bill is awaiting the Governor’s signature. It has already been endorsed by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, who is expected to reintroduce his own federal bill requiring age verification and parental consent at the app store level in the coming days.

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Last year Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Grall’s bill requiring social media platforms to hire an outside company to perform age verification for all users.

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