Congress offers lose-lose trade: false security for data vulnerability

Published April 15, 2026 6:00am ET



Congress is considering a new act that replaces active parenting with a broken digital wall. 

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce recently advanced the App Store Accountability Act (ASAA), a bill that proposes that Google Play and the Apple App Store use commercially reasonable methods to verify users’ ages to increase children’s safety online. The bill’s sponsor, Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), has argued that age verification empowers parents.

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