• Shifting age verification mandates from online platforms to app stores doesn’t solve the problems with age verification, write Josh Withrow and Shoshana Weissman of the R Street Institute:

State and federal legislation mandating that sites verify users’ age and adjust their social media experiences accordingly are still popular, despite the fact that they have repeatedly failed court challenges. As of late, policymakers have turned to a different model where parents have to consent to app store downloads made by their children. But this new approach is just as doomed as others because of inescapable functional and constitutional issues.