{
  "id": 11987123,
  "title": "Sources: Apple and Google pitch state bills with self-attested age checks and no private lawsuits; Meta backs ones making app stores, not platforms, verify ages (Owen Dahlkamp/Politico)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/sources-apple-and-google-pitch-state-bills-with-self-attested-age",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-04T18:55:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/04/apple-googlestates-app-stores-lawsuits-01105892"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple and Google are lobbying state lawmakers to adopt online safety laws for kids. According to sources, they are pitching bills that would require self-attested age checks and prohibit private lawsuits.\n\nMeta, on the other hand, is backing bills that would make app stores, rather than platforms, responsible for verifying users' ages.\n\nThe efforts by these tech giants come amid ongoing debates about their power and influence, with some critics arguing that they exploit the public and developers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Own a mobile phone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/own-a-mobile-phone-then-youre-paying-the-app-tax-its-a-racket-and-its",
        "published": "2026-10-04T09:00:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}