In the wake of the UK’s mandatory age checks, VPN apps have shot to the top of app stores. Proton VPN, a privacy-first ...

Age verification just isn’t worth it. The benefits for kids are debatable, and what you’re really giving up is your personal ...

The outcome so far is an assortment of online services handling sensitive user information — a “privacy nightmare,” says Cody ...

It’s too early to know how this law will settle into full implementation, but its implications are clear: For determined kids ...

The introduction of the UK's Online Safety Act marks a shift in internet culture, the ripples of which are already being felt ...

A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and ...

After the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act went into effect on Friday, requiring porn platforms and other adult content ...

You'd think that Discord and Reddit would notice thousands of users suddenly resembling Norman Reedus.

Celebrities, including Made In Chelsea star Olivia Bentley, are being paid by Ofcom to promote its new pornography ...

Spotify has implemented a new age verification system, and if you don't use it, you might get locked out of your account ...

YouTube is testing a new age verification system in the US to protect young users, prompted by concerns over loopholes like ...

This implies that, at the time of writing, anyone who fails the "highly reliable signals" part of X age verification is ...