Online Safety Act

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Medic from TF2 facepalms at a computer.
Mozilla, Stop Killing Games and more team up to tell the UK to stop making the internet worse

By Joshua Wolens Published

News "Even targeted age restrictions of specific features could mean that all users are required to complete intrusive age assurance processes".

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A screen showing Sumsub's home page with face verification analysis.
'I did catch my son using an eyebrow pencil to draw a moustache on his face, and it verified him as 15 years old': New report details the effects of the Online Safety Act thus far

By James Bentley Published

News How much information should a government ask for to let you go online?

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A screen showing Sumsub's home page with face verification analysis.
UK regulators explain what 'highly effective' age assurance for the Online Safety Act actually means

By Jacob Fox Published

News Well, kind of. It still seems a little vague, to be honest.

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BATH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 23: In this photo illustration a 13-year-old teenage boy looks at an iPhone screen displaying various social media apps on December 23, 2025 in Bath, England. Recently the Australian Senate passed a law to ban children under 16 from having social media accounts and social media platforms, including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram potentially being be fined for preventing children younger than 16 from having social media accounts. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Reddit fined nearly $20 million by UK online privacy regulator for 'using children’s data unlawfully, potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Reddit denies wrongdoing and says it will appeal.

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The Discord logo on a phone on top of a dark laptop
Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another

By Jess Kinghorn Published

Talking it over Data disaster.

Talking it over
The new TeamSpeak overhaul.
TeamSpeak claims an 'incredible surge of new users' has maxed out its hosting capacity in multiple regions as many would-be voice chatters seek a Discord alternative

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Jumping ship.

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Reddit's age verification pop-up with a mouse cursor hovering over it.
State-level crackdowns in the US threaten to 'break VPN access for the entire internet,' claims online privacy nonprofit

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News In other news, my DMs remain unread.

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Discord hackers distribute malware that can stay persistent for months
Discord says 70,000 age-verification ID photos may have been leaked in recent security breach that also includes names, usernames, emails, credit cards, and IP addresses

By Jeremy Laird Published

News I just died of not-surprise.

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One of the worst case scenarios for ID age verification is already here, with a Discord breach compromising some users' data

By Stevie Bonifield Published

news The hackers "did not gain access to Discord directly," but some users' data is still at risk.

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The AgeAware demonstration video on an iPhone.
Age verification legislation is tanking traffic to sites that comply, and rewarding those that don't

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News So much for horny jail.

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