Apple’s Cook called Texas Gov. to stop online child-safety legislation, WSJ says

Apple (AAPL) stepped up efforts in recent weeks to fight Texas legislation that would require the iPhone-maker to verify ages of device users, even drafting Chief Executive Tim Cook into the fight, The Wall Street Journal’s Rolfe Winkler, Amrith Ramkumar and Meghan Bobrowsky report. The CEO called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week to ask for changes to the legislation or, failing that, for a veto, according to people familiar with the call. These people said the conversation was cordial and that it made clear Apple’s interest in stopping the bill goes to the top of the company. Abbott has yet to say whether he will sign it, though it passed the Texas legislature with veto-proof majorities, the authors note.