Players under 9 years old will have chat turned off by default unless a parent approves its use after age verification.

A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that was set to go into effect on Thursday. It would have required age verification ...

A Louisiana law that would have required social media platforms to verify the ages of their users has been blocked by a judge. The law, known as the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against the operators of PornHub and around 50 other pornographic websites, asserting that they have violated the state’s age ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said he is considering how the state should enforce a new law that requires age verification to access porn online – a law that Pornhub says doesn't apply to its ...

Over the past two years, age verification has moved from a narrow regulatory concern to a structural change affecting how the internet operates. Governments across the U.S., Europe, and parts of Asia ...

A preliminary injunction in federal court cited the First Amendment, handing a win to tech companies like Apple and Google. By Ryan Mac Ryan Mac reports on technology. A federal judge on Tuesday ...

Louisiana’s Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act has been blocked by a judge, but the ruling may be appealed. Georgia mom fighting for life after acid attack ambush as FBI, police ...

HOUSTON — A controversial new Texas law aimed at regulating how minors access apps and make in-app purchases will not take ...

The law was set to take effect next month. The law was set to take effect next month. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent ...

The UK will soon propose OS-level iPhone age verification to block nude images, aiming to protect children from online explicit content. Image: Google Gemini The UK government is reportedly pushing ...