Overview

• Utah's App Store Accountability Act would require app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors to download apps.
• Google has asked Utah Governor Spencer Cox to veto the bill, citing privacy risks and concerns over excessive data sharing with app developers.
• Meta, Snap, and X support the legislation, arguing app stores are the appropriate entities to manage age verification and parental controls.
• Google proposes an alternative framework where only developers of apps deemed risky for minors would receive limited age-related data with user or parental consent.
• Critics, including privacy advocates, warn the law could lead to over-collection of personal data and raise First Amendment concerns for both minors and adults.