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Windows 11 to Tell Apps If You're a Child or Adult, Without Sharing Your Birthday
Microsoft's new age-awareness APIs return age bands rather than exact dates, and pair with a verify-once system tied to your Microsoft account.
New Zealand to introduce social media ban for under-16s, putting enforcement burden on platforms
Legislation due this week would require major apps to verify users are old enough to hold an account, with a new regulator empowered to fine or block services that refuse to comply.
US House passes kids' online safety bill, but critics say the cure may be worse than the disease
The KIDS Act cleared the House 267-117 on Monday. It demands new parental controls and bans targeted ads at children, but digital rights groups warn that age-verification rules could quietly strip privacy from every adult online too.
On-Device Age Checks: The Quiet Fix to a Loud Privacy Problem
New age verification laws are forcing websites to check how old you are. A newer approach keeps your face on your phone instead of shipping it to a server.
Nine in Ten Top Adult Sites Now Check Ages in Australia, But VPN Workarounds Are Next on the Regulator's List
Australia's online safety watchdog says most major adult platforms have put age gates in place since March. Now it wants to know whether a simple privacy tool is letting users walk straight around them.
Banning Kids From Social Media Sounds Simple. Actually Doing It Is Not.
Countries across four continents are passing age limits for social media. The hard part, it turns out, is proving how old anyone actually is.