Apple Gears Up To Push Back Against Legislation Enforcing Age Restrictions In App Store: Report
Apple Gears Up To Push Back Against Legislation Enforcing Age Restrictions In App Store: Report
Amid ongoing debates about regulating teen smartphone use, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is reportedly opposing legislative efforts requiring it to enforce age restrictions on apps.
在不斷討論如何監管青少年智能手機使用的背景下,蘋果公司(NASDAQ:AAPL)據報道反對要求其強制執行應用程序年齡限制的立法努力。
What Happened: Apple is pushing back against legislative efforts to make the company enforce age restrictions on apps, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
蘋果正在抵制立法努力,要求該公司強制執行應用程序的年齡限制,據《華爾街日報》週一報道。
State legislators across the U.S. are attempting to regulate teen smartphone use, driven by concerns over teen mental health and the misuse of social-media platforms. This has lead to a confrontation with tech giants like Apple. The core issue is whether age verification should be managed within apps or by smartphone makers and app stores.
美國各州的立法者正在嘗試監管青少年的智能手機使用,出於對青少年心理健康和社交媒體平台濫用的擔憂。這導致了與蘋果等科技巨頭的對抗。核心問題在於年齡驗證是否應該由應用程序內部管理還是由智能手機制造商和應用商店管理。
Earlier this year, Louisiana legislator Kim Carver added a provision to a social-media bill requiring tech companies to help enforce age restrictions. The provision, inspired by a proposal from Meta, would have required app stores to enforce age restrictions.
今年早些時候,路易斯安那州立法者金·卡弗爲社交媒體法案增加了一項規定,要求科技公司幫助執行年齡限制。受到Meta提案的啓發,該規定要求應用商店執行年齡限制。
While Carver's bill faced little opposition in Louisiana's Senate, it required approval from a key committee. In May, the bill finally passed after Sen. Beth Mizell removed the app store provision.
雖然卡弗的法案在路易斯安那州參議院沒有遇到太大反對,但它需要一個關鍵委員會的批准。在5月,經過貝絲·米澤爾參議員撤銷了應用商店的規定後,該法案終於獲得通過。
Apple has managed to stay out of the fray until now but is expected to face more challenges as lawmakers push forward.
蘋果一直設法置身於爭端之外,但預計將在立法者繼續推進之際面臨更多挑戰。
The Tim Cook-led company argues that websites and social-media companies are better positioned to verify user ages, citing privacy concerns if required to share user data with third-party apps.
由蒂姆·庫克領導的蘋果公司認爲,網站和社交媒體公司更適合驗證用戶年齡,並稱如果需要與第三方應用程序共享用戶數據,則存在隱私問題。
However, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta and other app developers argue that app stores should handle age verification centrally, a stance supported by Tinder's parent company Match Group.
然而,Facebook和Instagram母公司Meta以及其他應用開發者認爲應用商店應該集中處理年齡驗證,這一立場得到了Tinder母公司Match Group的支持。
Apple has yet to respond to Benzinga's queries.
蘋果迄今尚未回應Benzinga的查詢。
Why It Matters: The push for regulating teen smartphone use is intensifying. In Florida, a new law bans social media for kids under 14 and mandates ID checks for all ages. This reflects a broader trend of states taking action to protect minors online.
爲什麼重要:對於對年輕人使用智能手機進行監管的推動正在加劇。在佛羅里達,一項新法律禁止14歲以下兒童使用社交媒體,並要求所有年齡段的人身份驗證。這反映了各州採取行動保護未成年人在線安全的更廣泛趨勢。
The need for age restrictions come at a time when social media platforms are experiencing surge in sexually explicit content and cases of child sexual exploitations. Some platforms like Twitch have revised their sexual content policies amid criticism, allowing certain previously banned material with warning labels.
這種對年齡限制的需求正值社交媒體平台性感內容激增和兒童性侵案件增加之際。像Twitch這樣的平台在受到批評後修改了其性內容政策,允許特定的先前禁止的材料,但貼上警告標籤。
Notably, Apple retracted its years-long resistance a few days ago to the "Right To Repair Bill" that grants consumers access to repair their electronic devices, after facing intense criticism.
值得注意的是,蘋果在最近幾天撤回了多年來對《維修權法案》的抵制,該法案授予消費者修理其電子設備的權利,這是在遭受強烈批評之後做出的決定。
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This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Pooja Rajkumari
本報道使用Benzinga Neuro生成,並由Pooja Rajkumari編輯