Google asks Utah’s governor to veto the state’s app store age verification bill

Google is pushing back on a bill that would make Utah the first state in the US to have a law requiring app stores to conduct age verification of their users. The company has formally requested the state’s governor to veto the bill, passed by the state legislature last week, as it urges states to consider a different approach to app safety.

In a blog post from Google public policy director Kareem Ghanem, the company said the Utah law poses “real privacy and safety risks” and that states shouldn’t rush to pass laws “pushed by

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