The head of Europe's video game rating system, PEGI, has warned against supposed "silver bullet" child protection solutions ...

The Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced legislation enforcing new age verification ...

Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own ...

Australia expands age verification checks from social media to porn and explicit video games - New mandate could impact children’s online privacy, experts say ...

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Several US states will soon require age verification for users. How should and can Linux distributions react to this?

female teen holds up phone with an age verification prompt on the screen - Nando Vidal/Shutterstock The internet can be a dangerous place, and governments have been trying to control its harmful ...

Over the past couple of years, we have seen an increased push for age verification across a number of applications and online platforms. The push has been so concentrated in some states that thousands ...

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Australians are being blocked from accessing porn websites as strict age verification controls come into effect, while VPNs apps have surged in popularity.

Following the introduction of the new online safety codes, VPN apps have shot up the Australian free iPhone app chart. VPN Super Unlimited Proxy moved from ...

Australians were downloading virtual private networks (VPNs) in droves, while one of the world’s largest porn distributors said it was blocking users from its platforms as the country rolled out ...