Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2420 on Tuesday, which will require app store owners like Apple and Google to verify the ages of their users before they can download apps. Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook called Abbott about the law in an attempt to intervene,

Apple’s CEO called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after law passed requiring app stores to verify user ages.

The state of Texas has passed a bill that now requires app stores and marketplaces to have age verification before downloads and transactions can push through. This law was something that many Big Tech companies and executives,