The US Supreme Court denied a request to pause Texas's age verification law, so Apple must keep verifying iPhone users' ages in the state. The one-sentence ruling keeps enforcement in place while the broader constitutional challenge moves forward.
Tim Cook personally lobbied Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the issue.
The denial does not resolve the underlying challenge to the law's constitutionality.
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