From Friday 25 July 2025 UK Internet users have had to verify their age to use a range of apps and websites – from social media platforms such as X, Reddit and Bluesky to dating apps like Grindr to ...

Spotify is the latest company to introduce age checks to try and stop children accessing adult content, following the ...

Since last Friday, websites face being fined up to £18million if they don't abide by new legislation check users are aged ...

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

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

Ofcom has launched investigations into four porn companies’ compliance with new age-check requirements under the UK’s Online ...

Texas, Louisiana and Utah — have passed laws this year compelling app marketplaces to check the ages of everyone when they ...

YouTube is testing a new age verification system in the US to protect young users, prompted by concerns over loopholes like ...

The platform owned by cartoonish billionaire Elon Musk has lost its challenge against regulatory body Coimisiún na Meán’s ...

The outcome so far is an assortment of online services handling sensitive user information — a “privacy nightmare,” says Cody ...

The general problem of how to ensure app integrity without relying on the dominant OS providers has cropped up elsewhere.

Spotify has threatened to delete people’s accounts unless users verify their age. The music streaming app, which has nearly 700m users, said it would remove accounts that fail age estimation checks ...