What began as an effort to bolster kids’ safety online has morphed in recent months into a broader debate over privacy and anonymity on the internet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children under 18 from seeing online pornography by requiring websites to verify the ages of all visitors. Many states have passed similar ...

A new survey found that kids find it easy to bypass age checks, despite a rise in age verification laws around the world.

Learn how age verification works, what data it collects, and the privacy risks parents should understand before their teens ...

Teens users who want to access certain Roblox features will have to verify their age. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Roblox Roblox is a popular digital space for kids and teens to congregate ...

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 ...

Annie is a policy analyst for the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation. Using age attestation to determine a user’s age and the discretionary use of filters are ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Cierra Murry is an expert in banking, credit cards, investing, loans, mortgages, and real ...

UPDATE: Jun. 27, 2025, 2:13 p.m. EDT This article was originally published in March 2023. It has been updated in January 2025 and again in June, in light of SCOTUS's age verification ruling. It ...

,Among them, is a new tool called Concert Kit that could help bands and artists fight back against ticket scalping bots. The new feature relies on the revamped World ID, the orb-based verification ...

Persona Identities Inc., a startup that helps companies such as online retailers verify the identity of users, has closed a $200 million late-stage funding round. The Series D investment was announced ...