A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that was set to go into effect on Thursday. It would have required age verification or parental consent for the download of apps.

States are moving fast to protect kids from harmful online content. Utah, Texas and others now require stronger age checks on adult sites and, increasingly, on social media and app stores. The U.K.

Roblox is rolling out a video age verification system to limit private messaging to users in similar age groups. The platform will begin enforcing the checks in Australia, New Zealand, and the ...

Valve now requires Steam users in the UK to verify their age in order to access mature content on the platform. As reported by VGC, the age verification feature went into effect on August 29, 2025, in ...

YouTube AI age verification is now expanding to a fresh batch of users. Several users are reporting the change on Reddit. You can either accept the restrictions or verify that you are over age 18 ...

YouTube on Wednesday will begin testing a new age-verification system in the U.S. that relies on artificial intelligence to differentiate between adults and minors, based on the kinds of videos that ...

App age verification isn’t just a theoretical concept being debated in Congress. A number of laws have already passed that require platforms to verify age for users in select states. For example, the ...

The social network Bluesky will begin verifying users’ ages in the state of Ohio to comply with new regulations, starting on Monday, September 29. The company — which offers an open and decentralized ...

Roblox announced that it aims to roll out age estimation technology to all of its users by the end of 2025. Users on the gaming and social network will have to confirm their age in order to access ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. AI age checks aren’t always reliable; evidence reveals ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Mississippi to enforce a state law that requires the nation’s largest social media companies to verify the age of their users and obtain parental consent for ...

Scanning a face to guess its age is likely to be a major part of the “waterfall” of methods used to comply with the social media ban.