Two major digital platforms are implementing new age verification measures as governments tighten controls on children’s online access, with Spotify requiring facial scans in the UK and YouTube being ...

The streaming platform is implementing a facial scan process in partnership with Yoti, which also provides its services to ...

Google is rolling out an AI-powered age estimation tool across its services in the US to identify users under 18. More ...

Under the new Online Safety Act regulations, websites hosting content which could be harmful to those under 18 must now carry ...

The platform owned by cartoonish billionaire Elon Musk has lost its challenge against regulatory body Coimisiún na Meán’s ...

A major shift has rippled through the United Kingdom’s digital landscape with the full implementation of the Online Safety ...

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

The general problem of how to ensure app integrity without relying on the dominant OS providers has cropped up elsewhere.

Under the Online Safety Act, UK residents who want to access NSFW platforms will need to prove they're over 18. The easiest ...

There are many questions around how age verification works in practise and what its consequences could be for our online ...

Spotify has stated that, if you don’t pass their age checks, your account will be deleted in a move that could affect ...

In the case of Spotify, Yoti will ask the account owner to show their face to their phone and then use algorithms to estimate ...