Fairfield County warns residents and businesses about scammers impersonating local officials in permit‑related phishing emails.

The Federal Trade Commission said this week that web companies will not violate the children's privacy law by collecting personal information from young children in order to determine their ages, ...

Earlier this month, Discord said it would be enacting an age verification policy. The platform faced some initial concerns from users about turning over their IDs and personal information, ...

Discord admits mistakes in its age verification approach and is postponing the rollout until the second half of 2026 after user backlash. PCWorld reports that Discord is cutting ties with ...

Discord is hitting the brakes on its global age verification rollout following significant community backlash and privacy concerns. The platform confirmed it will delay the expansion of its “Teen By ...

Over 350 security experts from 30 countries signed an open letter warning against broad age verification protocols for social media platforms. PCWorld reports that experts fear these measures could ...

The FBI is warning cities and counties across the country about a scam that revolves around zoning permits.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it will not take enforcement action under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) against certain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Persona, partially funded by Peter Thiel’s venture firm Founders Fund, continues to provide age verification services for OpenAI, ...

Just weeks after Discord u-turned itself out of a Persona-related mess, another gaming-adjacent company has embraced the controversial digital verification service. Some Twitch streamers now have to ...