Apple is bringing age verification to Texas this week

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• Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet 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.