Tech giants push states to shift child safety responsibility to app stores: Report

Google and Apple are reportedly lobbying for state kids’ online safety laws that could shift age-verification liability to app stores and limit the tech giants’ exposure to lawsuits.As pressure from kids’ online safety lawsuits mounts on tech giants, lobbyists from Google and Apple are reportedly engaged in a major effort to press state lawmakers to adopt kids’ online safety laws that would shield the tech giants from lawsuits, according to Politico.