Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification
Discord has begun requiring some users in the United Kingdom and Australia to verify their age through a facial scan…
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Tag: Social media
Arkansas Judge Kills Social Media Age Verification Law, Says It Violates the First Amendment
A judge in Arkansas has shut down the state’s law requiring some social networks to verify the ages of those…
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Substack Gears Up for TikTok Ban with New Video Feed
Hey, remember the TikTok ban? It’s still a thing (in theory) and the latest deadline is closing in, so other…
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Bipartisan Effort to Sunset the ‘26 Words That Created the Internet’ Is on the Way
Section 230, the linchpin law that has dictated how online platforms have been regulated for decades, appears destined to come…
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Utah Passes New Bill Requiring App Stores to Verify User Age and Identity
Utah’s legislature has passed a new bill that would require app stores to verify the age and identity of all…
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Reddit CEO Says Paywalls Are Coming Soon
Reddit, a platform founded in part on the premise of openly and widely sharing information, is ready to put up…
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Pinterest Says Its DEI Commitments Put It at Risk of Conservative Backlash
Pinterest does not make headlines very often, but the social media platform beloved by Midwestern moms claims to have more…
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UnitedHealthcare Is Mad About ‘In Luigi We Trust’ Comments Under a Doctor’s Viral Post
UnitedHealthcare is mad about a video a doctor posted on Instagram and TikTok and it’s hired a defamation lawyer to…
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