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

The new rules, seen by watchdogs as a way to protect children online, have sparked a furious backlash from thousands of users ...

The mortal sin of Covid-era America was timidity. Absent years-long lockdowns and top-down speech controls, the most morbid ...

Spotify updates its privacy policy to include facial ID scans from Yoti for age verification for 18+ content access to comply ...

The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act (OSA) went into effect July 25, offering America a sneak peek at an age-verified ...

Britain's online safety law risks suppressing free speech due to its heavy-handed enforcement, social media site X said on ...

While the Online Safety Act was passed back in 2023, the part relating to age verification didn't come into force until July 25, 2025. That has now triggered a renewed interest in VPN software from ...

This implies that, at the time of writing, anyone who fails the "highly reliable signals" part of X age verification is ...

The week following the Online Safety Act's implementation in the U.K. has seen people react with strong opinions and engage ...

A renowned Rockstar insider has revealed that GTA Online is adding age verification before the release of GTA 6 in the “near ...

Spotify is the latest app to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, with users being asked to verify their age in order to access the platform's adult content.

In compliance with the UK Online Safety Act, Spotify—along with other online platforms—are now requiring facial verification ...