The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act (OSA) went into effect July 25, offering America a sneak peek at an age-verified ...

The growing privacy concerns around age verification stem from how UK citizens are being asked to prove their age. Ofcom, the ...

While the Online Safety Act was passed back in 2023, the part relating to age verification didn't come into force until July 25, 2025. That has now triggered a renewed interest in VPN software from ...

A POLITICO analysis of MPs’ expenses data shows that British lawmakers, including senior government ministers, are using commercial VPN software — and have charged their subscriptions to the public on ...

The week following the Online Safety Act's implementation in the U.K. has seen people react with strong opinions and engage ...

UK sees surge in use of virtual private networks after age verification comes into effect for online adult content ...

Opposition to the UK's Online Safety Act is growing as age verification rules come into force, but the government isn't ...

Spotify has implemented age assurance in the form of facial age estimation and ID verification with face biometrics to comply ...

A universal feature of traveling Europe as a Hackaday scribe is that when you sit in a hackerspace in another country and ...

Is the UK's Online Safety Act protecting users or silencing them? Explore what the law means for free speech and digital ...

The government has said it won't repeal the Online Safety Act, but there are still a number of ways you can protect your ...

It’s time to strengthen protections for kids online without undermining the rights, voices and access to information that everyone, including youth and marginalized communities, depends on.