A federal appeals court allowed Texas to require app stores to verify users’ ages and seek parental consent before a minor can download apps.

Google has announced that Google Wallet will support digital IDs from select European Union states starting this summer. The ...

Age assurance is shifting from standalone website verification tools toward reusable credentials integrated directly into ...

Age verification started with porn and social media. Now, governments are passing laws requiring operating systems to collect ...

Social media platforms. App stores. And next—computers and smartphones? If some lawmakers get their way, Americans could have to show IDs or submit facial scans to so much as open a laptop or power up ...

What began as an effort to bolster kids’ safety online has morphed in recent months into a broader debate over privacy and anonymity on the internet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Age checks are rising and so are the risks.