The United Kingdom’s plan to keep children under 16 away from harmful online content is creating an unexpected concern for adults.Under the new age verification rules, social media platforms and other ...

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.

Discord age verification now includes Google Wallet and credit card checks, but face scans remain as privacy concerns and EFF ...

Under-16s are to be banned from most major social media platforms, with face scans used to police the age rules. Sir Keir Starmer will on Monday announce proposals to block children from the sites, ...

The new safeguards arrive as the platform faces lawsuits and investigations over allegations that children were exposed to ...

Discord will begin rolling out new teen safety features globally in early March, placing all new and existing users into a teen-appropriate experience by default unless they verify they are adults.

Anthropic may ask for verification "in certain circumstances," though the new policy doesn't specify what those circumstances might be.

Discord will soon require users globally to verify their age with a face scan or by uploading a form of ID if they want to access adult content. The online chat service, which allows people to create ...

Anthropic can require Free, Pro, and Max users to submit a government photo ID and live facial scans through Persona ...