Mississippians can no longer access the Bluesky app after the social media platform blocked access to users in the state.

Laws aimed at restricting children’s access to harmful content online may also undermine privacy and restrict free speech.

Age verification laws have been passed in at least 24 states. Some say it’s an effort to protect kids, while others say it ...

People in Mississippi no longer have access to Bluesky — one of the primary alternatives to Elon Musk 's X — because of ...

But with online age verification, all one may need is an image of that ID card. Enter OnlyFake, a website using AI technology to cheaply generate images of fake IDs.

A new online age verification regime has appeared in the 119th Congress, as Rep. John James (R-Mich.) reintroduced the App Store Accountability Act. This bill would require mobile ...

In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn't have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, and it raised ...

Companies aren’t sure how to comply, users aren’t happy with how they’re supposed to comply, and for all their invasiveness, age-verification systems don’t really seem to work.

Video games and VPNs are allowing people to easily circumvent the Online Safety Act, with experts blaming a complete lack of ...

Decentralized social app Bluesky has opted to shut down access in Mississippi, as a result of the state’s recently updated user age requirements, which Bluesky says will be impossible for it to abide ...

The court ruled 6-3 in affirming Texas law HB 1181, which requires websites that host adult content to implement age verification. The nonprofit Free Speech Coalition petitioned the top court in ...

The new measures have been widely embraced, but new age-verification methods have drawn some criticism because of privacy ...