Meta has joined forces with Spotify, Garmin, Match, and others to form a lobby group to represent their interests, especially as they come into conflict with those of Apple and Google. The group ...

Meta, X, and Snap Inc. signed a letter urging the South Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee to sign a bill placing new age verification restrictions on apps.

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Age verification laws are still a legal gray zone in the U.S., but they’re starting to take shape. As of now, 18 states have passed legislation requiring pornography sites to verify users’ ages.

Websites and social media companies such as Instagram parent company Meta have argued that age verification should be done by the companies that run app stores, such as Apple and Google, and not ...

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One of these shared priorities is the protection of minors. As a result, Meta is urging lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic to implement an age verification system directly at the app store level.

The UK's Online Safety Act comes into force today, marking a shift in internet culture that is being felt around the world.

Though standard practice is to verify a user’s age based on whether they have a credit card, Ghanem said HB570 does not make it clear what would constitute sufficient compliance with the law.

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Though standard practice is to verify a user's age based on whether they have a credit card, Ghanem said HB570 does not make it clear what would constitute sufficient compliance with the law.