The outcome so far is an assortment of online services handling sensitive user information — a “privacy nightmare,” says Cody ...

YouTube is testing a new age verification system in the US to protect young users, prompted by concerns over loopholes like ...

But the trend is getting pushback from Apple and Google, which run the biggest app marketplaces, as well as from civil ...

Spotify has become the latest app to introduce measures designd to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, by asking users to undergo age verification checks if they want to view or listen to ...

The new age verification laws in the UK have had many searching for the best UK VPNs to avoid them due to concerns regarding ...

Spotify is the latest company to introduce age checks to try and stop children accessing adult content, following the ...

Under the new Online Safety Act regulations, websites hosting content which could be harmful to those under 18 must now carry ...

From Friday 25 July 2025 UK Internet users have had to verify their age to use a range of apps and websites – from social media platforms such as X, Reddit and Bluesky to dating apps like Grindr to ...

For consumers attempting to stream content marked as 18+, the Spotify face scan is a new hurdle: prove your age or press stop ...

Spotify has begun to ask users to prove their age – and will stop them from seeing some content if they cannot. The company ...

The general problem of how to ensure app integrity without relying on the dominant OS providers has cropped up elsewhere.

Ofcom said on Friday that more than 6,000 porn sites would begin verifying users, but it believes some are ignoring the new ...