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 ...

Censorship is not how we do things in Western civilization”. So said Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) of the United ...

The summer holidays are known in the news business as the silly season. With parliament in recess and MPs set free with their ...

Last week, for example, we had the usually sensible technology secretary, Peter Kyle, claiming Nigel Farage’s objections to ...

The UK government has warned that online platforms which "deliberately target UK children and promote [Virtual Private ...

Thousands of people have complained to Sky News about “excessive” coverage of Nigel Farage ’s Reform UK. It comes after the ...

Chief Inspector of Constabulary warns continuing community tensions and online misinformation risk repeat of violence ...

Ofcom has now revealed it is looking into whether 8579 LLC, AVS Group Ltd, Kick Online Entertainment SA and Trendio Ltd have ...

The Tech Secretary refused to apologise for saying Farage's opposition to new online safety rules puts him on the side of ...

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

The i Paper was able to gain access to multiple dating platforms with the username 'IAMNOT18', with the NSPCC describing the ...

The Government has defended the Online Safety Act after Elon Musk’s X said the legislation was threatening free speech. In a ...