The Verge

Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. On July 25th, the UK became one of the first ...
Reason

Computer Scientists Caution Against Internet Age-Verification Mandates

Effective January 1, 2027, providers of computer operating systems in California will be required to implement age verification. That's just part of a wave of state and national laws attempting to ...
Mashable

Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; bymuratdeniz / E+ / Artur Debat / Moment Open / Getty Images Accessing porn — and the entire internet — has radically changed. In June, the Supreme Court ...
Engadget

The year age verification laws came for the open internet

Chris Fields, CMO of AI-powered age verification start-up Yoti, giving a demonstration of the company's age verification technology at their offices in London. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty ...
The Verge

Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet

In the US, lawmakers are pushing forward bills like the App Store Accountability Act and Parents Over Platforms Act to have app stores themselves verify users’ ages. Apple now requires users in the UK ...
The New York Times

Age-Gating the Internet + Cloudflare Takes On A.I. Scrapers + HatGPT

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