Age Verification
Why Meta Suddenly Loves the Kids Online Safety Act
The reversal landed the moment the Senate paired the bill with the digital-ID mandate Meta has chased for years.
Florida Sues TikTok Over Age Verification Failures as Digital ID Mandate Takes Effect
Florida’s plan to protect kids online starts with surveilling every adult in the state.
The Broad New Powers Hiding Inside Poland’s Child Safety Bills
A 419-to-19 vote united Poland’s bitterest political enemies behind a law broad enough to criminalize a protest video.
Starmer’s Social Media Ban: the Reinvention of the Surveillance State
Tyranny masquerading as child safety needs you to feel guilty before you feel suspicious. Downing Street is counting on it.
Senator Blackburn Demands Kik Verify the Age of Every User
It’s the newest entry in a Senate catalog of child-safety bills that double as the scaffolding for a digital-ID internet.
US Opposes UK Online ID Mandate as Nine States Expand Age Checks
The administration warning Britain that ID checks chill speech already has states demanding the passport scan at home.
Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media
Canada becomes the latest country to try to end online anonymity under the banner of protecting children.
The White House’s AI Deal: Kill State Laws, Demand Your ID
Silicon Valley gets the regulatory shield it’s been lobbying for and all it costs is the end of the anonymous internet.
Japan Plans Social Media Age Checks via Carrier Data
The fix Tokyo prefers would link the phone account in your legal name to everything you read, post, and scroll past.
Google Wants to Be the ID Checkpoint for Europe’s Internet
Google is volunteering to broker your legal identity for every ordinary thing you do online.
Florida vs. OpenAI: The Fight to ID Every ChatGPT User
Proving you are not a child means proving exactly who you are and that is the remedy Florida wants written into law.
DOJ Sought YouTube Subscriber Data
The protection this judge offered could vanish the moment every account carries a verified government ID.