It’s too early to know how this law will settle into full implementation, but its implications are clear: For determined kids ...

The U.K.'s Online Safety Act took effect last Friday, putting age gates on content deemed unsuitable for minors, including pornography and content about suicide and self harm. While some sites have ...

On July 25, 2025, the Online Safety Act (OSA) went into effect in the UK, requiring sites hosting adult content and social ...

Opposition to the UK's Online Safety Act is growing as age verification rules come into force, but the government isn't ...

Since the latest part of the Online Safety Act has come into force, it's come in for an increasing amount of criticism –here ...

This implies that, at the time of writing, anyone who fails the "highly reliable signals" part of X age verification is ...

The Online Safety Act has come into force in the UK. Now, in order to access certain sites, the user must prove their ...

The issue for the UK — and other countries seeking, belatedly, to shield minors from online harms — is making age verification work. The most foolproof methods tend to involve uploading documents or ...

The outcome so far is an assortment of online services handling sensitive user information — a “privacy nightmare,” says Cody ...

A renowned Rockstar insider has revealed that GTA Online is adding age verification before the release of GTA 6 in the “near ...

GTA Online may implement a new age verification system to restrict gameplay features, according to an established source.

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have railed for years against foreign regulation of US tech companies, including online safety laws. As the US fights a global tariff war, it may bring ...