Turkey is preparing to introduce mandatory identity verification for all social media users, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has announced. "Identity verification will be essential on social media. If a ...

In the US, lawmakers are pushing forward bills like the App Store Accountability Act and Parents Over Platforms Act to have app stores themselves verify users’ ages. A package of child safety bills is ...

Just weeks after Discord u-turned itself out of a Persona-related mess, another gaming-adjacent company has embraced the controversial digital verification service. Some Twitch streamers now have to ...

Google has open sourced its privacy-focused age verification technology. The company built Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) into Google Wallet earlier this year, a technology that allows users to verify ...

Free expression activists warn that such a regulation would destroy anonymity on the internet and drive individuals to self-censorship due to the fear of persecution. This statement was originally ...

In February 2026, biometric technology provider iProov unveiled two major developments that reinforce its position at the forefront of secure identity verification. The company’s Dynamic Liveness ...

Sam Altman’s project to help humans distinguish themselves from bots is increasingly banking on household names to sell its far-out concept. A Gap store in San Francisco has begun helping visitors get ...

Thinking of verifying your LinkedIn account so you can get that coveted blue checkmark badge? You may want to hear this first. One observant anonymous user is warning other LinkedIn users that the ...

A day after President Donald Trump demanded Congress impose new rules governing elections, Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives passed a state-level measure Wednesday that mirrors much ...

Discord announced Tuesday that it will delay the implementation of previously announced, but controversially received, age verification measures. In a Tuesday blog post, Discord CTO and co-founder ...