Yoti, the age verification software used by the likes of PlayStation, TikTok, and Meta, 'relies on sharing sensitive user information with several less user-visible fourth parties,' according to a new ...

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While Apple is currently lobbying against being given a legal responsibility for age verification when it comes to downloading apps, I think the company’s customers would very much benefit from it ...

Enforced rigorously, age verification to protect children from harms online could push us towards a less free internet.

In July, the United Kingdom began implementing major parts of the Online Safety Act, a law that, in the government’s words, “protects children and adults online” by putting “a range of new duties on ...

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The push for online child safety is forcing platforms to adopt a narrow set of privacy-encroaching age verification options. The push for online child safety is forcing platforms to adopt a narrow set ...