As age verification laws expand worldwide, organizations face growing pressure to protect users' privacy while meeting ...

Discord age verification now includes Google Wallet and credit card checks, but face scans remain as privacy concerns and EFF criticism persist.

Reddit and Discord are in serious trouble over the use of a controversial third-party age verification service, Persona. Reddit has been fined £14.5 million ($19.5M) by the UK data watchdog. Meanwhile ...

In context: Discord has proven popular among both gamers and general users, but it's not without its flaws. The messaging and social platform has previously been accused of exposing children to abuse ...

Annie is a policy analyst for the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation. Using age attestation to determine a user’s age and the discretionary use of filters are ...

Discord has begun requiring some users in the United Kingdom and Australia to verify their age through a facial scan before being permitted to access sensitive content. The chat app’s new process has ...

When the nonprofit Freedom House recently published its annual report, it noted that 2025 marked the 15th straight year of decline for global internet freedom. The biggest decline, after Georgia and ...

The KIDS Act, ostensibly aimed at protecting children, will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.

A popular messaging app used in online gaming is rolling out a new policy requiring users to verify their ages or face account restrictions as the company tries to address growing concerns about ...

KOSA and Chat Control both retreated on their most-criticized measures this week, but both kept mandatory age verification, ...