Google says Meta is offloading its responsibility to keep kids safe by backing a Utah bill that puts the onus on app stores to verify users' ages. It's urging the governor to veto it.

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,

Google is pushing back against other major technology companies’ efforts to put the responsibility of age verification on the app stores, arguing the onus is on both the stores and

Google has slammed age verification rules for app stores, saying that it offloads online platforms like Meta's child safety responsibility.

Utah has passed a bill, the App Store Accountability Act, which is geared towards protecting kids on the internet.  With the bill, users will have to ve