Twitch users in the United Kingdom are facing a dramatic new requirement that has ignited fierce debate about privacy, security and online freedom. The popular streaming platform now mandates facial ...

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they're a tool to keep children away from ...

Since the internet began, there has been debate about how websites can ensure that explicit content is only accessed by consenting adults. Whether it’s explicit songs on Spotify or outright violence ...

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they’re a tool to keep children away from ...

Roblox, a popular gaming platform that's faced growing scrutiny over child safety concerns, said Tuesday it will require users to verify their age if they want to chat with other players. To do so, ...

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The ...

Age verification laws are rapidly proliferating around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. In the U.

As teens slip past Australia’s new social media restrictions, the limits of face scans, IDs, and parental consent become ...

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...

Scanning a face to guess its age is likely to be a major part of the “waterfall” of methods used to comply with the social ...

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...