Apple CEO Tim Cook met U.S. House members on Wednesday to push back against federal legislation that could require the iPhone maker to authenticate users’ ages and possibly collect sensitive data on children, lobbying instead to put the onus on parents to decide whether to tell app stores about a child’s age.

The bill, called the App Store Accountability Act, is aimed at making sure that minors are not using harmful content online.

Texas has already signed a similar bill into law, requiring parental consent to download apps or make in-app purchases for users aged below 18. Utah was the first U.S. state to pass a similar law earlier this year and Australia introduced a nationwide social media ban on under-16s this week.

While the notion of age limits for online content has broad U.S. pub

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