Republican senator of Utah, Mike Lee, and representative of Illinois Mary Miller proposed the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act this year.

Accessing porn — and the entire internet — has radically changed. In June, the Supreme Court declared Texas's ...

Australia has introduced one of the world’s strictest social media bills banning all users under 16 from accessing platforms ...

TikTok is preparing an update to its Community Guidelines, which dictate the rules for participating on the social video ...

On Thursday, TikTok announced updates to its Community Guidelines in an effort to make its rules clearer and easier to follow ...

There’s an ongoing legal fight between lawmakers and big tech about verifying the ages of young users and seeking parental permission for children before downloading their apps.

Supreme Court lets Mississippi’s social media parental consent law take effect. Platforms watch closely but have not made ...

While the social media age verfication law in Mississippi will move forward for now, it could still ultimately be ruled unconstitutional on free speech grounds. Supreme Court Justice Brett ...

Age verification laws have been passed in at least 24 states. Some say it’s an effort to protect kids, while others say it restricts protected speech.

YouTube's AI age verification could significantly expand protections for teens, aligning the platform with mounting regulatory pressure. But the flip side is a new privacy burden on adults who are ...

Google's ambitious AI age verification isn't contained to YouTube. It appears to be making its way to Google Search as well.