Roblox CEO David Baszucki says the new AI safety tools could reshape engagement — and may create some friction for players.

Roblox has unveiled a major new safety system that will use artificial intelligence to estimate the age of every user on the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers are wrestling over how to keep kids from seeing what they shouldn’t online. Courts have already put on hold an age verification system written into the 2023 budget. A ...

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Two lawsuits have been filed over Texas' app store age verification law. Credit: Vadym Plysiuk / iStock / Getty Images What do Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon have in common with an advocacy group ...

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company will allow verified adult users to have erotic conversations with ChatGPT starting in December. The change represents a shift in how OpenAI ...

Texas could have a serious legal battle on its hands thanks to an age verification law for app stores that it recently enacted. In response to the Texas App Store Accountability Act, the Computer & ...

California has enacted the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), setting a new standard for online age verification. The law requires device OS providers, like Google and Apple, to collect user ages ...

The Texas law takes effect on January 1, 2026. Anyone who creates a new Apple account after that date will need to confirm whether they are 18 years old or older. Fortunately, there is no obligation ...

Nearly a month after an Ohio law went into effect requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of users before showing explicit content, many porn sites have taken no action in response to the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – While the social media platform Bluesky has enacted age verification measures in Ohio in response to a new state law that aims to protect children from “obscene” content, a ...