digital ID
World Leaders Are Rallying Behind ID Checks for the Internet
From Brussels to Canberra, “think of the children” is becoming an internet-wide identity system.
Macron Seeks EU Law After France Rejects Under 15 Social Media Ban
Macron wants EU law to ban social media for children under 15 across member states.
Reclaim the Net Launches Global Digital Rights Bill Tracker
More than 100 bills, six jurisdictions, and one place to see where digital rights are headed.
New Zealand Digital ID Plans Surface as Online "Safety" Bill Stumbles
The bill may be stuck, but the identity infrastructure is already being assembled.
Missouri Online ID Law Requires Adults to Verify Their Age Online
The state has turned the familiar privacy tradeoff into a statutory requirement, with penalties attached.
Brazil Wants Discord to Pay $97 Million and Expand Age Verification Digital ID
Brazil says it is protecting children, but its demands could require Discord to know far more about who its users actually are.
Paxton "Child Safety" Plan Puts Legal Speech at Criminal Risk
The vague standard is chatbots that undermine child safety. The penalty is criminal, not civil.
9 Million Images Exposed by People Finder ClarityCheck
Exposures like this get more likely as data brokers collect more and governments demand ID to get online.
Meta Trial Opens as States Demand Age Verification
A trial doesn't need a verdict to be useful. It needs testimony, exhibits, and a paper trail that legislators can cite to advance a digital ID agenda.
New Jersey Kids Code Act Draws First Amendment Warning
The statute never says age verification. It just makes not knowing expensive enough that everyone will find out.
California Digital ID Age Law Faces New Platform Appeal
The regulations were drafted while the constitutional question was still open, which tells you something about how confident the state is.
Google to Expand Play Age Signals API to All Users Worldwide
Google Play's age verification API goes global by end of 2026, timed to new laws in Texas, Alabama, Brazil, the UK, and more.