{"id":20876,"date":"2025-12-11T06:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/apple-ceo-meets-us-house-members-to-oppose-app-store-accountability-act\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:05","slug":"apple-ceo-meets-us-house-members-to-oppose-app-store-accountability-act","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/apple-ceo-meets-us-house-members-to-oppose-app-store-accountability-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple CEO meets US House members to oppose App Store Accountability Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Cook advocated for parental discretion rather than federal regulations, highlighting the potential for extensive data collection on all users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Similar state laws in Texas and Utah already require parental consent for minors, while a recent Pew Research poll indicates significant public support for age verification measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Apple expressed concerns that such legislation could compromise user privacy and was apprehensive about the implications for data security and the user experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20877,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-20876","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at United States (US) tech giant, Apple, Tim Cook has met with US House members to oppose the App Store Accountability Act, which would mandate age verification for users and potentially involve the collection of sensitive data about children","published_date":"2025-12-11 00:00:00","news_description":"The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at United States (US) tech giant, Apple, Tim Cook has met with US House members to oppose the App Store Accountability Act, which would mandate age verification for users and potentially involve the collection of sensitive data about children.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24752,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20876\/revisions\/24752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=20876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}