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US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Check For Porn Sites
The US Supreme Courtupheld a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors' ages, rejecting arguments that this violates free speech and boosting efforts to protect children from online sexual content.
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Google Rejects App Store Age Verification For Online Content
American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device's user through the app stores built into operating systems, calling a proposal from Facebook and Instagram parent Meta "ineffective".
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Apple Unveils New Child Safety Features Amid Age Verification Debate
Apple will introduce a new Declared Age Range function allowing developers to access age information volunteered by parents during an Apple child account setup.
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Instagram Brings Teen Accounts With Additional Protections to Users in India
Instagram's Teen Accounts feature is being rolled out in India to improve the safety of younger users. It restricts account functionalities for underage users and requires parental consent for certain settings. Parents of users aged 16 and above can enable supervision features, and offensive words and phrases will be filtered out of messages and co...
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Australia Plans Social Media Minimum Age Limit, Angering Youth Digital Advocates
Australia is mulling about setting a minimum age limit for children around the usage of social media. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his centre-left government would run an age verification trial before introducing age minimum laws for social media this year.
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NMDC Limited, Public Sector Enterprise, Invites Applications For 81 Posts, Check Details
NMDC Recruitment 2024: Candidates attending interviews must present original documents/testimonials, along with self-attested photocopies, for verification of age, qualification, experience, caste, etc
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US Supreme Court Agrees To Review Age Verification Law For Online Porn
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to a law in Republican-led Texas that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of visitors in order to limit minors' access to online sexual content.
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Facial Recognition, Credit Card: UK Regulator's Tough Measures For Porn Sites To Check Users' Age
In total, Ofcom has listed six age verification methods in the draft guidelines.
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Rishi Sunak Faces New Rebellion Within Party Over Porn Age Verification
It's the latest pushback from lawmakers following a planned rebellion by Tory MPs earlier this month that prompted Sunak to cave in to demands for Big Tech directors to face jail if they fail to remove harmful content.
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62-Year-Old Man Dies While Waiting In Queue For Old Age Pension In Kashmir
A 62-year-old man died while waiting for verification of his credentials to get an old age pension at the social welfare office in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Srinagar.
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Facebook Dating Will Allow Users to Verify Their Age Using AI Face Scanning, Meta Says
Meta has announced that it was prompting users on Facebook Dating to verify that they're over 18 if the platform suspects a user is underage. According to the US social media giant, it has partnered with a firm called Yoti, which uses facial cues to determine a user's age without identifying them.
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Instagram Testing New Tool That Verifies Users' Age By Face Scan
Instagram said on Thursday it is testing new options for users to verify their age on the platform, starting with people in the United States.
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Twitter Pulled 9to5Mac, XDA Developers Accounts Due to Minimum Age Requirements
Twitter pulled the Verified accounts of 9to5Mac and XDA Developers on Thursday due to not meeting its minimum age requirements.
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PUBG: New State Publisher Krafton Comments on the Bricking Issue; Age Verification on the Game Fails
PUBG: New State publisher Krafton has responded to user complaints on the bricking issue and said that it had “sufficient testing” before the launch. Separately, the battle royale game was found to have allowed users to easily bypass its age verification prompt.
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Instagram Mandates Age Verification in Push for Teen Safety, Will Block Sensitive Content for Minors
Instagram is rolling out measures to ensure proper teen safety on the app. It is making it a mandate for all users to fill in their birthday details. If they haven’t provided with birthday details by a certain point, they’ll need to share it to continue using the app, the company says.
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US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Check For Porn Sites
The US Supreme Courtupheld a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors' ages, rejecting arguments that this violates free speech and boosting efforts to protect children from online sexual content.
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Google Rejects App Store Age Verification For Online Content
American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device's user through the app stores built into operating systems, calling a proposal from Facebook and Instagram parent Meta "ineffective".
-
Apple Unveils New Child Safety Features Amid Age Verification Debate
Apple will introduce a new Declared Age Range function allowing developers to access age information volunteered by parents during an Apple child account setup.
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Instagram Brings Teen Accounts With Additional Protections to Users in India
Instagram's Teen Accounts feature is being rolled out in India to improve the safety of younger users. It restricts account functionalities for underage users and requires parental consent for certain settings. Parents of users aged 16 and above can enable supervision features, and offensive words and phrases will be filtered out of messages and co...
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Australia Plans Social Media Minimum Age Limit, Angering Youth Digital Advocates
Australia is mulling about setting a minimum age limit for children around the usage of social media. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his centre-left government would run an age verification trial before introducing age minimum laws for social media this year.
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NMDC Limited, Public Sector Enterprise, Invites Applications For 81 Posts, Check Details
NMDC Recruitment 2024: Candidates attending interviews must present original documents/testimonials, along with self-attested photocopies, for verification of age, qualification, experience, caste, etc
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US Supreme Court Agrees To Review Age Verification Law For Online Porn
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to a law in Republican-led Texas that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of visitors in order to limit minors' access to online sexual content.
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Facial Recognition, Credit Card: UK Regulator's Tough Measures For Porn Sites To Check Users' Age
In total, Ofcom has listed six age verification methods in the draft guidelines.
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Rishi Sunak Faces New Rebellion Within Party Over Porn Age Verification
It's the latest pushback from lawmakers following a planned rebellion by Tory MPs earlier this month that prompted Sunak to cave in to demands for Big Tech directors to face jail if they fail to remove harmful content.
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62-Year-Old Man Dies While Waiting In Queue For Old Age Pension In Kashmir
A 62-year-old man died while waiting for verification of his credentials to get an old age pension at the social welfare office in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Srinagar.
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Facebook Dating Will Allow Users to Verify Their Age Using AI Face Scanning, Meta Says
Meta has announced that it was prompting users on Facebook Dating to verify that they're over 18 if the platform suspects a user is underage. According to the US social media giant, it has partnered with a firm called Yoti, which uses facial cues to determine a user's age without identifying them.
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Instagram Testing New Tool That Verifies Users' Age By Face Scan
Instagram said on Thursday it is testing new options for users to verify their age on the platform, starting with people in the United States.
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Twitter Pulled 9to5Mac, XDA Developers Accounts Due to Minimum Age Requirements
Twitter pulled the Verified accounts of 9to5Mac and XDA Developers on Thursday due to not meeting its minimum age requirements.
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PUBG: New State Publisher Krafton Comments on the Bricking Issue; Age Verification on the Game Fails
PUBG: New State publisher Krafton has responded to user complaints on the bricking issue and said that it had “sufficient testing” before the launch. Separately, the battle royale game was found to have allowed users to easily bypass its age verification prompt.
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Instagram Mandates Age Verification in Push for Teen Safety, Will Block Sensitive Content for Minors
Instagram is rolling out measures to ensure proper teen safety on the app. It is making it a mandate for all users to fill in their birthday details. If they haven’t provided with birthday details by a certain point, they’ll need to share it to continue using the app, the company says.
