Age verification laws are moving beyond porn sites and social media. Soon, your operating system could be required to know ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1043 on October 13, 2025, creating a first-of-its-kind mandate that forces every operating system provider to build age verification into their software ...

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The ...

Roblox is the first online gaming or communication platform to require facial age checks to access chat, establishing a new industry standard. The rollout began with a voluntary age check period. The ...

An age check offers assurance if one knows how it was done, and is confident that the entity responsible is qualified, with ...