Google opposes Meta's age verification plan via app stores, highlighting potential privacy risks and ineffectiveness for protecting children. The company argues that this approach neglects various ...

Meta Platforms META recently announced that it is introducing age verification technology to Facebook Dating in the U.S. to prevent users under the age of 18 to access experiences meant to be ...

Meta Platforms META recently announced that is testing new ways for Instagram users to verify their age starting with people in the United States. Apart from uploading their ID (driver’s license ...

In the context of the EU's wider digital identity efforts, the question is not which age verification model -- device or app-level checks -- is superior, but how both approaches could be ...

Meta is sparring with Apple and Google over who is responsible as child-safety advocates push for tech companies to check the ages of users and get parental consent before allowing downloads.

A pair of Republican lawmakers are set to propose a new law that would require app stores to verify the ages of all users and share that information with app developers, following a similar state ...

Meta and other social media companies support putting the onus on app stores to verify ages amid criticism that they don't do enough to make their products safe for children — or verify that no ...

But Meta, Snap, and X have praised the law, which Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed on Wednesday. The App Store Accountability Act, also known as S.B. 142, is set to take effect on May 7 — but is ...

Meta is doubling down on teen safety with AI-driven age checks, aiming to automatically shield underage users on Instagram even if they try to game the system. Business Today BT Bazaar ...

The company also argued the legislation was a way for Meta to shirk its responsibility to kids’ safety and would not make any meaningful changes to teens’ experiences on social media.

(The Center Square) — From failed carbon tax proposals to sweeping tort reform, Louisiana lawmakers took up a flurry of high-stakes legislation this week, revealing sharp divisions over industry ...