Roblox to require facial scans for children under 16 in Indonesia due to new social media rules

Roblox, a gaming platform popular with kids, says kids under 16 in Indonesia must undergo facial scans to verify their age.

Apple Confirms Change To New Mandatory Age Checks For iPhone Users

Users in the U.K. must now confirm their age to access certain services on the iPhone. And the process for doing so has ...

Meta Accused of Failing to Keep Children Off Instagram and Facebook in Europe

European Union regulators said the company did not have effective controls to check a user’s self-declared date of birth, in ...

Meta told it's violating EU law by not doing enough to keep children off Facebook and Instagram

Children can create Instagram and Facebook accounts simply by inputting a false birth date, a preliminary EU investigation ...
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Apple brings age checks to UK devices

Apple has introduced device-level age verification in the UK, making it a testing ground for enhanced child safety and compliance with new regulatory requirements. Apple has launched device-level age ...