Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.

It might be enough to stem the outrage.

Discord age verification now includes Google Wallet and credit card checks, but face scans remain as privacy concerns and EFF criticism persist.

KOSA and Chat Control both retreated on their most-criticized measures this week, but both kept mandatory age verification, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Roblox is rolling out mandatory age verification requirements for users worldwide who want to message others on its platform, following mounting concerns about child safety and recent ...

When the nonprofit Freedom House recently published its annual report, it noted that 2025 marked the 15th straight year of decline for global internet freedom. The biggest decline, after Georgia and ...

Discord will soon require users globally to verify their age with a face scan or by uploading a form of ID if they want to access adult content. The online chat service, which allows people to create ...

Discord will begin rolling out new teen safety features globally in early March, placing all new and existing users into a teen-appropriate experience by default unless they verify they are adults.

Roblox, a popular gaming platform that's faced growing scrutiny over child safety concerns, said Tuesday it will require users to verify their age if they want to chat with other players. To do so, ...