Supreme Court allows Texas app law requiring age verification to take effect
2026-07-08T08:51:58Z•55f9fa597be46b571b5dc76d00f659d428095710379bda30b6633ef2d5124a16
AI-defenceCanadaJapanTexasUKage-verificationapp-storeautonomous-securitydata-breachemail-breachextremismnational-securityoffensive-operationsprivacyransomware-as-a-serviceregulationtelecommunications
What happened
Collection of cybersecurity and policy developments: the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas’s App Store Accountability Act (age-verification requirements) to take effect pending lower-court proceedings; the U.K. plans an autonomous AI “Cyber Shield” to counter machine-speed attacks; a major Japanese telco disclosed a cyberattack that exposed roughly 12 million email accounts across services used by five ISPs; a U.K. government cyber pledge attracted only a small number of top firms; and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment reported offensive operations in 2025 that targeted three types
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