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

The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children under 18 from seeing online pornography by requiring websites to verify the ages of all visitors. Many states have passed similar ...

Iowa launches a rulemaking process for state's new porn age verification law. It is unclear if some sites will simply block ...

Bluesky became a popular alternative to X, formerly known as Twitter, after billionaire Elon Musk purchased the latter platform in 2022. (IAN LANGSDON/AFP via ) Texas users of the microblogging ...

Age verification is rolling out in the Google Play Store. Users will have several methods to prove their age. Access to apps is limited until they verify their age. Several months after AI-powered age ...

The internet can be a dangerous place, and governments have been trying to control its harmful effects on youngsters for years now. But so far, they've mostly targeted individual websites and apps.

The Supreme Court is allowing a law forcing social media companies to verify ages of their users and require parental consent to go into effect for now as Big Tech faces a state-by-state push to ...

This past year, countless social media and gaming platforms have started to crack down on underage users. Experts and lawmakers worldwide are prioritising online child safety, leading to an abundance ...