Overview
- Apple began enforcing Texas’s SB 2420 on Thursday by applying the law to new Apple Accounts created in Texas effective June 4.
- SB 2420 requires age assurance and parental consent for minors before downloads, in‑app purchases, and certain “significant changes,” and lets parents revoke previously granted approvals.
- To help developers comply, Apple released a Declared Age Range API, a PermissionKit Significant Change API, a new StoreKit age‑rating property, App Store server notifications, and a sandbox for testing.
- A three‑judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a district court injunction on June 1, allowing enforcement while the constitutional challenge proceeds on appeal.
- The immediate effects include extra work and legal risk for developers, privacy trade‑offs from age‑verification systems, and the possibility that similar state rules or enforcement scopes could expand or be scaled back depending on the appeals outcome.