A new bill to regulate app stores has been introduced in Congress. This legislation will likely spark a debate over its constitutionality, but members of Congress who recognize this as an opportunity to help parents protect their children online should borrow from the example of state leadership to defend and pass the bill.

Utah recently became the first state in the nation to pass an App Store Accountability Act. The law requires app stores to ensure that their users are adults or, if not, that minors trying to make purchases or download apps have the consent of their parents. Both chambers of Utah’s legislature approved the measure, with only four dissenting votes, and Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed the bill in March.

Utah’s example demonstrates that this approach is........

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