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  "description": "Bill sparked debate on how to keep kids safe online",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, May 2, 2025 – New legislation on Capitol Hill has opened a debate on how to keep kids safe online when accessing app stores run by Apple and Google.\n\nThe Computer and Communications Industry Association voiced concerns about the App Store Accountability Act in _a Thursday release_.\n\n“Keeping _young people safe online_ is a shared priority, but mandating identity and biometric collection to go online is not the path forward,” CCIA President and CEO **Matthew Schruers** said. “Decisions about what content is suitable for teens are best made around the kitchen table. Leading companies provide parents who let their teens go online with better tools every day to decide what guardrails are right for their family.”\n\nBased in Washington, D.C., CCIA is an internet and telecommunications trade group. Its members include Apple, Intel, Meta and Amazon.\n\nThe app bill, _reintroduced_ Thursday by Sen. **Mike Lee** , R-Utah, and Rep. **John James** , R-Mich., would require all users to verify their age before accessing the App Store.\n\nThe goal of the bill is to stop children from accessing harmful or inappropriate content.\n\nThe legislation would require minors’ devices that could access the app store to have parental controls. The bill would also mandate that apps have an accurate recommended age range based on their content.\n\nCCIA claimed children were entitled to increased privacy and security online, but the bill would actually serve to increase the amount of sensitive information collected from young people.\n\nThe act was _first introduced_ on Nov. 20, 2024.",
  "title": "CCIA: App Store Age Verification Bill Could Expose Sensitive Information",
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