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

The new legislation is among the world’s first to impose strict controls on tech companies, forcing social media sites to ...

The lessons I draw from these efforts is that despite the Chinese government’s economic clout and its willingness to ...

YouTube will start using machine learning to determine whether viewers should be on a teen account. The company said it plans ...

Once flagged as a teen, users get extra layers of protection: no personalized ads, limits on binge-watching certain content, and digital well-being tools like screen time tracking ...

The introduction of the UK's Online Safety Act marks a shift in internet culture, the ripples of which are already being felt around the world.

The easiest way to embed age verification into a phone is to see if the user can actually make or receive a phone call.

Last Monday, the second part of Ireland’s regulator Coimisiún na Mean’s Online Safety Code came into force. It came after a ...

Child advocates say holding tech companies responsible for verifying the ages of their users is key to creating a safer ...

The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines on the line as states rapidly pass conflicting laws requiring companies to ...