The codes will also extend to AI-powered chatbots and companions such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, with any platform capable of generating sexually explicit content, high-impact violence, or self-harm ...

Under Australia’s new rules on age-restricted materials, search engines, social media platforms, app stores, gaming providers ...

New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the ...

Thousands of Mississippi voters were made inactive after the secretary of state rolled out unverified credit data from Experian for county election commissioners to perform the routine job of checking ...

Australia expands age verification checks from social media to porn and explicit video games - New mandate could impact children’s online privacy, experts say ...

Microsoft warned that North Korean operatives are now using artificial intelligence tools, including voice-changing software, to impersonate Western job candidates and infiltrate companies through ...

Microsoft unveiled AI content verification system to combat deepfakes and fake content, using watermarks and cryptographic ...

The post Computer Scientists Caution Against Internet Age-Verification Mandates appeared first on Reason.com.

And now, the move is trickling down to operating systems. Well, at least in California. In October 2025, Governor Gavin ...

California signed into law new requirements for electronic devices like phones and PCs to ask for your age when you first log ...

A new California state law requires all operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, to have an age verification ...

Assembly Bill 1043 becomes a law in California in January 2027, and will require every operating system to have age verification in account setup.