California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital ...

Constitutional concerns surround state legislation aimed at verifying the age of internet and social media users. Illinois ...

What began as an effort to bolster kids’ safety online has morphed in recent months into a broader debate over privacy and anonymity on the internet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Online age verification started as an effort to keep children away from harmful online content, and it's beginning to reshape ...

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

A new survey found that kids find it easy to bypass age checks, despite a rise in age verification laws around the world.

According to a new report from the UK nonprofit Internet Matters, children are already finding ways around the age-verification systems meant to protect them from harmful online spaces, including ...

A recent report reveals that Yoti, the age verification tool utilized by platforms such as PlayStation, TikTok, and Meta, depends on sharing sensitive user data with multiple less-visible third ...

In his opinion piece, Adam Kovacevich, of the paradoxically named Chamber of Progress, misrepresents the nature of modern online age checks. Contrary to his claim, effective age verification (‘AV’) ...

Two pupils look at their smartphones in a classroom in Hamburg, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2026. Reporter The European Union is giving tech companies no more excuses to implement age checks for social media ...

New users, multiple accounts and high‑volume onboarding could strain operators’ verification systems when preventing underage access is most critical.