You now need a VPN to avoid age verification checks in Arizona

The march of online verification continues, but some website providers claim it's pushing people to darker corners of the Internet.

One of the worst case scenarios for ID age verification is already here, with a Discord breach compromising some users' data

While the hackers did not gain access to Discord directly, some users' data was impacted by the breach⁠—specifically data ...
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'There is a chance that they will stay in Roblox': Gen Alpha is into PC gaming, but one industry analyst isn't so sure they're going to age out of their favorite haunt

The kids are playing computer games. According to the latest Global Games Market Report from the analysts at industry intelligence firm Newzoo, Gen Alpha—defined in this case as anyone born in or ...
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Age verification services are on the rise. What do they do with our data?

An age verification provider working with several porn sites in France was found to provide information to Amazon in order to check a user’s age, a new report has found. European non-profit AI ...
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Florida AG sues porn sites for violating age verification law

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office has filed two complaints against porn sites accused of openly violating Florida’s age verification law. The law requires pornographic websites to ...
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Australia warns social media platforms against age verification for all ahead of a ban on children

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities said Tuesday that social media platforms should not demand age verification for all account holders starting from December, when a ban on children ...
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Australia warns social media platforms against age verification for all ahead of a ban on children

FILE - This combination of photos from 2017 to 2022 shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities said Tuesday that ...