The New Era of Privacy? Microsoft’s Mandatory Age Verification in Windows It seems like the notion of privacy is becoming a relic of the past as Microsoft introduces new mandatory age verification checks in its Windows operating system. This measure essentially locks the…

The New Era of Privacy? Microsoft’s Mandatory Age Verification in Windows It seems like the notion of privacy is becoming a relic of the past as Microsoft introduces new mandatory age verificatio...

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Debian’s Age Verification Dilemma Exposes the Fault Line Between Child Safety Laws and the Open-Source Internet The Debian Project's inability to reach consensus on U.S. age verification laws...

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Apple continues to roll out age verification around the world Tech trends aren’t always easy to spot at an early stage, but there’s a very clear exception right now: the...

Exiting to see Apple listen to us small #developers and start to front-load adult #verification so we can reliably use their APIs to gate #children off our #socialmedia platforms ✨

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While we can probably all agree that there is more than enough proof that social media is bad for the mental health of our children, the methods we are trying to block or ban them seem to do more harm than good. Across the world, lawmakers are tripping over each other to be seen “doing something” about kids and social media. Europe is slowly turning into a patchwork of age limits, curfews, and partial bans, with each country testing its own flavor of restriction while platforms try to update their systems just fast enough to stay compliant. Australia has gone even further with a nationwide ban for children under 16 that regulators now struggle to enforce at scale. The political message seems to be: social media is dangerous, and the state will step in where parents supposedly fail. On paper, that sounds decisive. In practice, it is messy, easy to bypass, and it risks shifting the problem rather than solving it. Most of these measures depend on age‑verification systems that were never designed to handle this kind of pressure. Research looking at sign‑up flows for major platforms shows what every teenager already knows: it is not hard to lie about your date of birth, borrow an older friend’s details, or hop to a service that is just outside the current regulatory crosshairs. The result is a lot of political noise, a lot of extra friction for everyone, and only a marginal effect on the very group these rules are aimed at. Worse, by treating all social media use by minors as equally harmful, bans erase important nuances. There is a world of difference between doom‑scrolling through algorithmically-boosted gore reels at 2 AM and using a group chat to do homework, laugh at memes, or stay in touch with cousins abroad. Studies and expert reviews echo this. Social media can contribute to anxiety, depression, and poor sleep, but it can also provides support, connection, and a sense of belonging, especially for teens who feel isolated offline. A blunt ban cuts off both the toxic and the helpful parts in one sweep, which is not necessarily an improvement. The tools we build to make bans enforceable come with their own side‑effects. Age‑verification schemes based on IDs, biometric analysis, or third‑party brokers may reduce some underage sign‑ups, but they also normalize handing over sensitive data just to speak or listen online. Legal and technical analysts warn that these systems introduce new privacy risks, expand surveillance, and can disproportionately impact vulnerable communities who rely on pseudonyms and anonymity for their safety. For children, the lesson the takeaway is that if they want to participate, they must accept invasive checks they barely understand or learn how to bypass them. Which children easily do. When you close one door without addressing the underlying behavior, kids will find another, as they have done throughout history. From chat rooms to instant messaging to early social networks, every attempt to lock children out has produced a mix of circumvention and secrecy. That secrecy is a problem in itself, because it pushes online life into hidden accounts, borrowed devices, or unregulated platforms where adults have even less visibility into what is going on. The more online activity that moves into that grey area of illegality, the harder it becomes to have honest conversations about the risks. That, ultimately, is the core weakness of “ban first, ask questions later” policies. They are optimized for sending a strong signal to voters, not for building resilient habits in families. Politicians and platforms both have roles to play to make the online environment safer. Platforms can use a better design, safer defaults, more transparency, and proper enforcement against clear abuse. But none of that will replace what actually makes a difference for a child: an adult who understands the risks well enough to talk about them, set reasonable boundaries, and is trusted enough that the child will come to them when something goes wrong. No child suddenly matures enough on their 13th or even 16th birthday to be able to fight off the pitfalls of extremely fine-tuned algorithms. We should be honest about this. No regulator, filter, or age‑gate will ever know your child as well as you do. No law will be able to adjust itself on the fly when a teenager suddenly starts using a new app in a worrying way. Governments can and should tackle the worst excesses, and hold companies responsible so they stop pretending that maximized engagement is compatible with child safety. But in the end, the real responsibility for keeping children safe online cannot be outsourced to apps or regulation. In the end, it lies, unavoidably, with the people—daily, compassionately—in their lives. * * * **We don’t just report on threats – we help protect your social media** Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Protect your social media accounts by using Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection.

Blocking children from social media is a badly executed good idea Governments are each inventing their own flavor of an age based ban for social media. Is the cure worse than the disease? While we ...

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IDnow partners for continuous risk intelligence, joins French EUDI Wallet team IDnow and Trustfull have formed a strategic partnership to offer businesses a more adaptive, end‑to‑end approach t...

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IDnow partners for continuous risk intelligence, joins French EUDI Wallet team IDnow and Trustfull have formed a strategic partnership to offer businesses a more adaptive, end‑to‑end approach t...

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CFPB Complaints Show Credit Reporting System Under Pressure The latest Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data leaves little ambiguity about where the credit ecosystem is facing pressure. In data...

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An Exploration of Agent Scaling for HLS Design Space Exploration (IBM) A new technical paper, “Agent Factories for High Level Synthesis: How Far Can General-Purpose Coding Agents Go in Hardware O...

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Android developers just got a new verification layer To help prevent malicious actors from spreading harmful apps while hiding behind anonymity, Google is rolling out developer verification to all ...

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Screenshot of KasuRequiem's VGen profile showing verification checkmark in celebration.

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The Fracture Lines in Open Source: From systemd Death Threats to Age Verification Laws, a Community Under Siege Death threats over systemd and sweeping state age verification laws are squeezing ope...

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Why Verified USA Phone Number Data is a Game-Changer In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, telemarketing remains a powerhouse for driving sales, leads, and customer engagement. But succ...

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Systematic Analysis of CPU-Induced Slowdowns in Multi-GPU LLM Inference (Georgia Tech) A new technical paper, “Characterizing CPU-Induced Slowdowns in Multi-GPU LLM Inference,” was published by...

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systemlisp - Overview An experimental HDL simulator written in Common Lisp focused on interactive and extensible hardware design and verification. - systemlisp

SystemLisp - an HDL simulator written in Common Lisp

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Marshall Scholar tells BU Podcast how to fix the age assurance debate Ben Fischer is a Marshall Scholar studying the technical and social implications of privacy preserving age assurance at the Uni...

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#iPhone updated to #iOS 26.4 overnight, on unlocking this morning I see #age #verification is now a thing 📱🤔 … however, when I clicked the mandatory button it said I had owned Apple Products for so long it could tell I was ‘old enough’ !! - Not sure how to feel about that 😳

#Amazon #ID #Verification is Here

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Kansas Senate embraces bill to compel age-verification, parental consent on app downloads App-store verification, parental consent bill lurches through Kansas Legislature as a vehicle to protect te...

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What Is Facial Verification? A Complete Guide to Secure Online Identity Verification With companies shifting their services to the internet, the importance of customer authentication has become a highly serious issue. Banking, fintech, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, and healthcare are so...

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