<ul><li>Apple CEO Tim Cook intervened to halt Texas age verification bill SB 2420, which would require app stores to verify users' age.</li><li>Apple opposes the bill due to concerns about privacy, stating it would collect sensitive personal information for all users in Texas trying to download apps.</li><li>Several states are proposing age verification measures placing the burden on app stores; Utah already has such a law, with Texas on the verge of passing one as well.</li><li>The fight over digital age-verification systems has intensified between web services and device makers like Apple and Google, with concerns over privacy and effectiveness.</li></ul>

Apple is hitting back in the war over internet age-gating

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