Meta Platforms, Spotify Technology and Match Group apps. They are preparing for a high -end political battle with the two dominant platforms on the world’s smartphone about who should take responsibility to verify the age of users.

Application manufacturers are launching an alliance this week to face Apple and Alphabet, as the legislation that requires age verification gains ground in the midst of increasing public concern to access minors online to inappropriate material.

THE Coalition for a competitive experience on mobile It will have been pressing on the long -term complaints of applications that the platforms of iPhone and Android and their application stores make unjust discrimination against competing software, applications and hardware creators.

“What these founding companies share audiences is that they are based on the mobile ecosystem to serve their customers,” said Brandon Crescia, director of the newly established coalition. “Each of them recognizes that power is in numbers, especially when facing companies as powerful as the Night.”

The case creators’ case has gained new urgent importance as they expect legal requirements to verify the age of users. This responsibility would risk an avalanche of expensive pipelines and would require investment in a complex new system for managing a multitude of sensitive personal information about minors.

Representatives of META, SNAP and other applications argue that Apple and Google should be responsible for ensuring that minors will not be able to download specific applications. On the other hand, Apple and Google have pushed to entrust applications.

Utah became the first state in March to adopt a law that requires applications stores to verify users’ ages and receive the consent of parents before minors can download or buy specific applications. Legislators in the House and Senate are planning to introduce similar legislation in the coming months.