From Friday 25 July 2025, UK Internet users have had to verify their age to use a range of apps and websites – from social media platforms such as X, Reddit and Bluesky to dating apps like Grindr to ...

Dear Ofcom, Meta, Alphabet, X and ByteDance, Implementation of Palestine Action proscription on social media We are writing with serious concerns about how Ofcom and social media platforms will ...

Open Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, working to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online.

As Online Safety Act age verification or assurance duties kick in, on 25 July 2025, we recap what the act failed to do: regulate and protect privacy of children and adults engaging with these tools.

Tell the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology that Age Assurance done under the Online Safety Act must be safe, private and trusted. Open Rights Group has warned of serious privacy and ...

This press release, including the headline, has been updated as of July 31, 2025 as Google have responded to the Washington Post story. US Democrat Senator Ron Wyden has written to the Director of ...