The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines ...

WhatsApp’s new safety rules, yet old challenges The updated age requirement appears to reflect Meta’s effort to demonstrate compliance with the legislation.

In Louisiana, for instance, a bill passed committee which would require Google and Apple to verify the age of users and confirm parental consent for anyone under age 18, which would alleviate app ...

A federal judge in 2024 temporarily blocked Utah's first-in-the-nation law requiring social media companies to check the ages of all users and place restrictions on accounts belonging to minors.

Age verification laws are still a legal gray zone in the U.S., but they’re starting to take shape. As of now, 18 states have passed legislation requiring pornography sites to verify users’ ages.

This program provided age-appropriate and parental supervision tools. On April 21, 2025, Meta said it was rolling out a plan to ensure Alabama teens were accurately stating their age on Instagram.

Meta and TikTok are challenging the EU's Digital Services Act supervisory fees, claiming the fee calculations are flawed, disproportionately high, and unfairly inflate their charges based on ...

The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines on the line as states rapidly pass conflicting laws requiring companies to ...