The KIDS Act, ostensibly aimed at protecting children, will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.

"Why do you need age verification on a site where everyone is 38?" ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act recently went into force, and ...

Yoti, the age verification software used by the likes of PlayStation, TikTok, and Meta, 'relies on sharing sensitive user information with several less user-visible fourth parties,' according to a new ...

An FCPS parent urged the School Board to oppose online age verification laws, citing privacy, security and student access ...

Child online safety laws requiring app-store age verification could unintentionally restrict teens’ access to news, burden ...

Last year California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) was signed into law, requiring among other things that operating system providers implement an API for age verification purposes. With the ...

A federal appeals court allowed Texas to require app stores to verify users’ ages and seek parental consent before a minor can download apps.

Australia's 2024 Social Media Minimum Age Act, effective December 2025, set a strict 16+ age for social media, transferring ...

In recent weeks, headlines have claimed Americans are being “dangerously misled” about age verification laws for online pornography. But what’s truly misleading is the suggestion that these laws are a ...

The good news for Canadian policy-makers is that online age verification is technically achievable, and there are lessons to ...