Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Age assurance is changing the internet for everyone. The internet is full of perils -- this we know. Among the rich trove of ...

Pavel Durov, co-founder of the Telegram messaging platform, sounded an alarm about the Spanish government’s plan to usher in online age verification and restrict social media platforms for individuals ...

BMO Capital Markets said the expansion of age verification requirements worldwide could create additional regulatory challenges for social media companies, identifying Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and ...

Q: I’m starting to get more websites asking me to verify my age before letting me in — is this safe? A: What started as an effort to keep children away from harmful online content is beginning to ...

When the nonprofit Freedom House recently published its annual report, it noted that 2025 marked the 15th straight year of decline for global internet freedom. The biggest decline, after Georgia and ...

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An online tool estimates a player's age to put them into a specific group before they can chat online. Roblox, the online gaming platform that has been under fire due to child safety concerns, has ...

A step too far?

The push for online child safety is forcing platforms to adopt a narrow set of privacy-encroaching age verification options. The push for online child safety is forcing platforms to adopt a narrow set ...

The law is being presented to European Parliament on September 17.

National ID could support attribute-based checks as regulators push data minimization and prepare talks with Meta, Roblox.