Politicians regularly find themselves looking, and "solving," backwards. Think Rep. John James, and his newly introduced App Store Accountability Act. As opposed to a solution in search of a problem, James’s Act is a solution in search of problems long ago anticipated, and subsequently fixed by top technology companies.
The Act would, among other things, mandate age verification and parental approval for minors under the age of 18 when it comes to the downloading or purchase of apps utilized by smartphone or computer users. Implied in the Act is that lawmakers want to aid parents in the protection of young people from potentially harmful online content.
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