Apple is bringing age verification to Texas this week
Apple is bringing age verification to Texas this week
苹果本周将在德克萨斯州推行年龄验证
Apple will introduce age verification in the App Store for users in Texas starting on Thursday, June 4th. The move, as spotted by MacRumors, comes just days after a federal appeals court allowed Texas’ App Store Accountability Act to go into effect while a lawsuit against it proceeds.
从 6 月 4 日（周四）开始，苹果将在德克萨斯州的 App Store 中引入年龄验证机制。据 MacRumors 报道，此举是在联邦上诉法院允许德克萨斯州《应用商店问责法》（App Store Accountability Act）在诉讼期间生效后的几天内实施的。
People in Texas who are creating a new Apple account will need to verify they’re over 18 using a credit card or government ID. Apple may also automatically verify users’ age using the age of their account and whether they have a credit card on file.
德克萨斯州的新用户在创建 Apple 账户时，需要使用信用卡或政府颁发的身份证件来验证其是否年满 18 岁。苹果也可能通过账户注册时长以及是否绑定了信用卡等信息，自动核实用户的年龄。
Meanwhile, users under 18 must join a Family Sharing group, where a parent or guardian will need to provide consent for app downloads and in-app purchases. Developers must also ensure they’re providing age-appropriate experiences for users under 18 and can use Apple’s Declared Age Range API to check a user’s age range.
与此同时，18 岁以下的用户必须加入“家人共享”群组，由家长或监护人对应用下载和应用内购买行为进行授权。开发者也必须确保为 18 岁以下用户提供适龄的内容体验，并可以使用苹果的“声明年龄范围 API”（Declared Age Range API）来核查用户的年龄段。
Despite Apple’s attempts to push back on app store-level age verification, the company has announced plans to implement age checks to comply with laws in places like Utah, Louisiana, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and the UK. Google is required to make similar changes to the Play Store and is also introducing age-checking tools for developers.
尽管苹果曾试图抵制在应用商店层面进行年龄验证，但该公司已宣布计划实施年龄检查，以遵守犹他州、路易斯安那州、巴西、澳大利亚、新加坡和英国等地的法律。谷歌也被要求对 Play Store 进行类似的调整，并正在为开发者引入年龄检查工具。
Last December, a judge blocked the App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) from taking effect, but an appeals court has now reversed this decision — at least while the court figures out whether the law is constitutional. Even if this law gets struck down in Texas, a federal version with the same name is still making its way through Congress and could impose age verification at the app store nationwide.
去年 12 月，一名法官曾阻止《应用商店问责法》（SB 2420）生效，但上诉法院现已推翻了这一裁决——至少在法院判定该法律是否符合宪法期间是如此。即便该法律最终在德克萨斯州被废除，国会目前正在审议一项同名的联邦法案，该法案可能会在全美范围内强制要求应用商店进行年龄验证。