Discord users are already using video game characters to bypass the UK’s age-check laws. AI deepfakes could make things even ...

In 2025, the European Commission took the first steps towards creating an EU-wide strategy for age verification on websites ...

There has been a buzz around a not-so-new initiative from Google and YouTube that would put age verification in ...

In the wake of the UK’s mandatory age checks, VPN apps have shot to the top of app stores. Proton VPN, a privacy-first ...

It’s too early to know how this law will settle into full implementation, but its implications are clear: For determined kids ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is suing companies that operate porn websites for noncompliance with the state’s new ...

Grand Theft Auto Online will soon be subject to the UK's new age verification laws, and Rockstar has prepared a special ...

States are moving fast to protect kids from harmful online content. Utah, Texas and others now require stronger age checks on ...

A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and ...

The UK's Online Safety Act comes into force today, marking a shift in internet culture that is being felt around the world.

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

Anyone hoping for sober debate over the UK’s Online Safety Act must feel like the central character in Monty Python’s famous ...