NJ rep’s new bill would make Apple, Google verify users’ ages before kids could download potentially harmful apps

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Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is set to introduce the “Empowering Parents to Protect Their Children’s Devices Act” next week, which would require Apple and Google to verify users’ ages before they download potentially harmful apps, The Post has learned. This means that parents, if they want, could meaningfully restrict the content their kids can access on their devices at the operating system level. Right now, a child can access TikTok, Instagram, or an AI companion chatbot just by entering a

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