Texas Sparks Debate with New Parental Consent Law for Apps

The Supreme Court may be formally out of session for the year, but the justices remain busy with additional cases that continue to make their way to the docket.

A majority of justices allowed Texas to continue enforcing, for now, a law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent before minors can download apps or make in-app purchases.

In two brief, unsigned orders, the justices declined to reinstate injunctions issued by a federal judge in Austin that had blocked the law from taking effect. No justice publicly dissented from the Court’s decision.