The age verification services used by social media platforms include a company funded by a Trump-supporting billionaire and a ...

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

Spotify has stated that, if you don’t pass their age checks, your account will be deleted in a move that could affect ...

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

It comes after The Standard revealed that at least 30 sites were still showing adult material without asking viewers for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Texas, Louisiana and Utah — have passed laws this year compelling app marketplaces to check the ages of everyone when they ...

The platform owned by cartoonish billionaire Elon Musk has lost its challenge against regulatory body Coimisiún na Meán’s ...

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

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