Committee advances bill requiring app-store age verification, parental approval for teens
After a lengthy hearing, an Alabama Senate committee gave Senate Bill 187 a favorable report as amended (7–1–1). Supporters urged requiring app stores to verify age and require parental approval for teens; opponents raised First Amendment, interstate-commerce and small-business concerns.
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An Alabama Senate committee voted to report Senate Bill 187 favorably as amended after a public hearing in which technology companies, industry groups and child-safety advocates gave opposing testimony.
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