The British government has pushed ahead with one of the most contentious age verification mandates to date, despite concerns ...

The UK’s Online Safety Act was passed in 2023 to protect users, particularly children, from harmful online content. The law puts age verification limits on a whole range of material — pornography, ...

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Millions of people in the UK are now required to show proof of age when surfing the internet.Since July 25, all sites and apps that display adult content must ensure their users are over 18 via robust ...

In the wake of the UK’s mandatory age checks, VPN apps have shot to the top of app stores. Proton VPN, a privacy-first ...

UK legislation is incentivising social media companies to widen censorship of pro-Palestine content, digital rights groups ...

Britain's online safety law risks suppressing free speech due to its heavy-handed enforcement, social media site X said on ...

X has begun restricting content related to Gaza for its U.K. users, and Reddit has implemented age-verification measures to ...

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

Ofcom has launched investigations into 34 pornography sites for new age-check requirements under the UK’s Online Safety Act, the regulator said.

Share UK regulator, Ofcom, has initiated formal investigations into four companies operating a total of 34 pornography ...

Ofcom said on Friday that more than 6,000 porn sites would begin verifying users, but it believes some are ignoring the new ...