To continue,” went a pop-up, “we are required to verify that you are 18 or older, in line with the UK Online Safety Act.” The ...

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have railed for years against foreign regulation of US tech companies, including online safety laws. As the US fights a global tariff war, it may bring ...

One-liner: Australia bans YouTube for teens as social media crackdown widensAustralia is making a conscious effort when it ...

The general problem of how to ensure app integrity without relying on the dominant OS providers has cropped up elsewhere.

Utah state officials announced in a news release Tuesday that most of the state’s lawsuit against Snapchat has now been ...

Spotify has stated that, if you don’t pass their age checks, your account will be deleted in a move that could affect ...

The bill will significantly impact the finances of many Americans through tax provisions, changes to social programs and federal student loan reform.

Creating a safer internet for young people is a noble cause but we question whether it indeed does make the internet any ...

In the case of Spotify, Yoti will ask the account owner to show their face to their phone and then use algorithms to estimate ...

The outcome so far is an assortment of online services handling sensitive user information — a “privacy nightmare,” says Cody ...

Xbox will be rolling out age verification in the UK as response to the UK government's Online Safety Act laws.

Spotify has threatened to delete people’s accounts unless users verify their age. The music streaming app, which has nearly 700m users, said it would remove accounts that fail age estimation checks ...