Roblox is rolling out mandatory facial recognition and ID-based age verification for chat features worldwide, positioning the system as a new safety standard amid mounting regulatory scrutiny over child protection. But early user reports of misclassification and concerns about handing significant... Read more
Notebookcheck - Nov 22Later this month, Italian citizens will have one extra step to go through before getting on porn sites. On Friday, Italy's regulatory agency for communications, known as AGCOM, announced an age verification system that's meant to prevent minors from accessing websites with pornographic content. T... Read more
Engadget - Nov 01
NordVPN's DNS-based content filters block adult sites before they load Read more
Tom's Guide - Oct 23
Florida has filed lawsuits against pornographic gaming platform Nutaku and payment processor Segpay, alleging they violated the state's age verification law.The post Florida Sues Porn Gaming Site and Payment Processor Claiming Age Verification Violations appeared first on Breitbart. Read more
Brietbart - Sep 27A California bill that would require operating system and app store providers to verify users' ages before they can download apps has cleared the Assembly 58-0, and will now move on to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Politico reports. The Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), introduced by Assemblymember Buffy... Read more
Engadget - Sep 13
Age verification is coming everywhere on the internet. ID wallets could be the secure and private solution we need, but only if built properly. Read more
Tech Radar - Aug 23
Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per violation. Read more
Wired - Aug 22Microsoft is implementing an age verification system on Xbox accounts to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, and in a new blog post announcing the move, the company suggests it'll come to other countries, too. Players in the UK who indicate on their account that they're 18 years or older will... Read more
Engadget - Jul 28
Some of the strictest rules in the world for age verification have come to the UK. Read more
Euronews - Jul 25