The bill is similar to the state's previous attempts to require age verification on social media sites. Opponents worry the ...

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Iowa could soon join 19 other states in requiring adult website visitors to verify their ages. Why it matters: The intention is to prevent children from accessing pornographic ...

Age assurance for online retail purchases is becoming increasingly common as merchants peddling alcohol, tobacco and weapons ...

Nearly 70% of adolescents report having at least one social media account, including 63.8% of youth aged younger than 13 ...

Digital identity, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and protecting minors online will be the main areas of focus for the ...

Those found guilty of producing, distributing or possessing pornography would face criminal penalties of up to 10 years in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will take on its first free speech case this month. Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton involves the ...

Social media’s danger on youth mental health has captured the attention of Texas lawmakers, at times, eclipsing focus on ...

Britain will enforce stricter age verification checks for knife sales after a teenager killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event. The government responded to failures in current laws that ...

Britain on Sunday said it would force retailers to implement stricter age-verification checks to stop children buying knives, ...

Requiring children to submit personal data to meet age verification mandates is likely to endanger their privacy and security ...

The porn industry’s sizable influence aside, it was easy to miss (with all the inauguration buzz) that its cynically named ...