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 ...

The UK government will require big tech companies to introduce age verification technology as it gears up to ban children from social media by April 2027. Prime minister Keir Starmer announced today ...

On Monday afternoon, Texas urged the Supreme Court to leave in place an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that allows the state to enforce a law that imposes age-verification and ...

A student group and a trade association came to the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon on its interim docket, asking the justices to restore orders by a federal judge in Austin, Texas, that bar the ...

Age verification laws are no longer limited to p*** sites. Two US states have already passed laws requiring your operating system to collect your age, and a federal law is under discussion. After more ...

Ann Thai, Apple senior product marketing manager for app store, introduces Apple Arcade during a launch event at Apple headquarters on March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California. NOAH BERGER/AFP via ...

As teenagers increasingly turn to artificial intelligence chatbots for advice about friendships, family conflicts and ...

But you might have missed that they’re also planning a second bite at the cherry next month. What more is there to announce? Plenty, apparently. In March, the government launched a pilot programme ...

Aso tabled were the Sexual Offences Against Children (Amendment) Act 2026, Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026, Competition Commission (Amendment) Bill 2026, and Cybercrime Act 2026, which seeks to ...

Kids weren’t able to fool Roblox’s video selfie age checks in a demo with NBC News.

Online age verification has been an issue for more than a decade—and one that has not yet found a perfect solution. As social media and AI come under increasing scrutiny for their impact on teens and ...