Mississippi's attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to let stand a state law that requires parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers. AG Lynn Fitch (R) argued that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which on July 17 allowed the previously-enjoined law to go into effect with a stay on a lower court's injunction, had "compelling, independent merits grounds for issuing the stay."
The U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) is investigating whether four companies that operate 34 porn sites are complying with age-verification rules under the Online Safety Act (OSA), the office announced Thursday.
Colorado plans to forego a mandate that companies verify users' ages in a rulemaking that updates the state’s comprehensive privacy law. But when enforcing kids privacy restrictions, the state's attorney general could consider companies’ use of age-estimation technologies, said draft rules released Tuesday.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on Wednesday restarted the Senate's privacy legislation conversation with a hearing exploring what “core principles” and state protections could be incorporated into a federal bill.
YouTube will use AI to estimate U.S. users’ ages starting Aug. 13, the Google company said Tuesday.
Porn site Multi Media renewed its call for a district court to dismiss a lawsuit against it, arguing that when a user agreed to the platform's Terms & Services, he accepted an arbitration clause. Multi Media is one of four adult websites sued in the U.S. District Court for Kansas in May for allegedly failing to implement age-verification (see 2505130023).
Age-verification vendors weren't "surprised" by attempts to circumvent proof-of-age mechanisms once the U.K. Online Safety Act (OSA) rules took effect Friday, Age Verification Providers Association Executive Director Iain Corby told us Tuesday.
European Commission guidelines for protecting minors under the Digital Services Act (DSA) are a "major step" toward social media bans that will undermine individuals' rights, the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) said Monday.
The U.S. Supreme Court should block a Mississippi age-verification statute as it violates the First Amendment, a coalition of advocacy organizations said in an amicus brief supporting NetChoice.
A Massachusetts age-verification bill modeled on a New York law advanced to another legislative committee this week. On Thursday, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Advanced IT, the Internet and Cybersecurity favorably reported S-30 to Senate Ways and Means by a 6-0 vote.