How old are you really? Inside Roblox’s new campaign to verify user ages

Roblox gave NBC News an exclusive look at the biometric age-checking tool that, starting this month, will be used to place ...
PCMag

Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And You Might Have to Prove It

Age verification laws are moving beyond porn sites and social media. Soon, your operating system could be required to check ...
Tech Xplore

UK Home Office to use AI age estimation on asylum seekers—how accurate is the technology?

Starting next year, the Home Office plans to use AI-driven facial age estimation to assess the age of asylum seekers. At the ...
The Guardian

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers

Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities A coalition of more than a hundred refugee children’s organisations has said ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Boston researchers use AI selfies to estimate biological age, health risks

BOSTON’S OPENING DATE HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT ASKING A COMPUTER TO GUESS YOUR AGE. RESEARCHERS IN BOSTON HAVE NOW BELIEVED THAT THE ANSWER OFFERS IMPORTANT CLUES ABOUT YOUR ...
ExtremeTech

Kids Are Using Fake Mustaches to Bypass Online Age Verification

Several countries, including the UK and Australia, have introduced changes that prevent people under a certain age from accessing certain social platforms. And now, as they say, necessity is the ...
TechCrunch

Some kids are bypassing age-verification checks with a fake mustache

Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites. U.K.-based ...
9to5Mac

Pornhub is now using Apple’s own age verification feature in the UK

Apple first launched its own age verification feature in the UK back in March, before rolling it out to other countries. The move is intended to comply with a growing trend for age verification ...
CNET

Utah's Ban on Using VPNs to Circumvent Age Verification Begins Today

Ty Pendlebury is CNET's senior editor for TV and home audio, and author of the daily Insider newsletter. He has rigorously tested, reviewed and written about AV equipment for the company since 2006.
Gizmodo

Pornhub Expands Access in the U.K. Thanks to Apple’s New Age Verification System

The porn site is once again allowing new users in the U.K. to access its content if they verify their age through an Apple device. Reading time 2 minutes Frustrated with the United Kingdom’s ...
Wired

Pornhub Restores Access for UK Adults Who Use Apple’s Age Verification

The porn giant blocked its content from new UK users in February but says device-based age verification is more secure than third-party sites. Three months after Pornhub blocked access to new users in ...
TechSpot

Kids are using fake mustaches, VPNs, and their parents' accounts to get around age verification

Why it matters: Age verification and social media bans for under-16s are gaining popularity worldwide in response to rising concerns over harmful online content. However, questions surround the ...