A new working paper from various university researchers suggests that age-verification laws aren't effective. Age-verification laws differ by state, but typically require visitors of websites with ...

Laws requiring porn websites to verify user ages and block people under age 18 have been spreading like a contagion around the United States. Proponents say they're necessary to curb minors' access to ...

A decisive Supreme Court decision in the case of a Texas age verification law has changed the legal landscape for online speech. At least 24 states have passed some form of age verification laws, ...

It’s getting a little more onerous to access online pornography. Within the past few weeks, Kansas, Florida and Idaho became the latest U.S. states to pass policies requiring “adult” websites to ...

Age-verification laws have swept the world in recent years. These rules, also known as age assurance or age checks, often require websites that contain a certain (or any) amount of explicit content to ...

Most states across the US are considering or introducing age verification laws. The result right now is a mishmash of rules. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is ...

Advocates for children’s welfare underscore need for legislation that protects young hearts and minds from harmful content especially in light of VPN workarounds. Google analytics trends suggest a ...

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 ...

Technologists and policymakers are reckoning with a generation-defining problem on the internet: While it can be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connection across the globe, it ...

In Texas, Florida, and more than a dozen other states, users who try to access the world’s largest pornography website are greeted by a surprising sight: a message on a black screen telling them ...

The cybersecurity community has long lived by a simple principle: Don't collect more data than you can protect. But ID laws and other legal mandates now force many organizations to store massive ...

To kick off the new year, Montana and North Carolina joined a growing number of states enforcing laws requiring age verification to access adult content online. In the days before the laws took effect ...