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

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

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

OS vendors have been mandated to request use age brackets since late 2025, but Linux systems could be exempt if this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roblox game developers have also complained that the age verification system is hurting their games by decimating their chat activity. One developer shared an analytics screenshot that showed chat ...

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

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’) ...

Pornhub also encouraged users to contact their local representatives to demand "device-based age verification." "Until the ...

Sony is currently sending out multiple waves of emails and PSN notifications to PS5 users in the UK and Ireland, reminding ...