Topic
Age Verification
126 published works
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
FTC Updates (January 19 – January 30, 2026)
By Kristin Madigan, Tim Laderach
In this round of updates, we see updates to several FTC actions related to deceptive marketing as well as several administrative updates. The FTC has named a deputy director of…
Regulatory Oversight
States Use App Store Controls to Keep Online Content From Minors
By Chris Carlson, Lauren Fincher, Jessica Birdsong
New state age verification and parental consent laws are slated to take effect in 2026 to shield children from harmful online content, creating significant compliance obligations and heightened enforcement risk…
Michael Geist
Court Ordered Social Media Site Blocking Coming to Canada?: Trojan Horse Online Harms Bill Clears Senate Committee Review
Critics of Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne’s successive bills that ostensibly target pornography sites have for years warned of the privacy and equity risks that arise from mandated age verification and the…
Online and On Point
The New Age-Verification Reality: Compliance in a Rapidly Expanding State Regulatory Landscape
By Alexis M. Buese, Erin Jane Illman
Age Verification Compliance Obligations Age verification requirements have rapidly moved from a niche policy concept to a central feature of the U.S. regulatory landscape. Over the last two years, and…
Regulatory Oversight
2026 ABA Midyear Meeting
Register HereFriday, February 6 • 10:15–11:15 a.m. ET San Antonio, Texas Chris Carlson, co-chair of the ABA Committee on State Attorneys General and Department of Justice Issues, Section of State…
ComplexDiscovery
TikTok’s AI-Powered Age Verification: Europe’s Digital Reckoning for Information Governance
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Age verification is no longer a checkbox—it’s a regulatory battleground shaping the future of digital governance. TikTok’s deployment of AI-powered age detection across Europe signals a defining shift…
Truth on the Market
Carding the Internet Still Isn’t Constitutional
By Ben Sperry
After the U.S. Supreme Court decided Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton last year, I wrote that the “broader war over age verification and parental consent online isn’t over.” As we…
Connect on Tech
Online age assurance: Update about EU and French frameworks
By Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Marlyse Lissan, John McGovern
Introduction The protection of minors in the digital environment has become a central concern. At the international level, while the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Apple wins in Texas Court to stop new Age-Verification Law!
By Peter Vogel
The NewYorkTimes.com reported “A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Texas from enforcing a new state law that requires companies that run app stores, like Apple and Google, to verify the…
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Texas Judge Enjoins App Store Authentication Law–CCIA and SEAT v. Paxton
By Eric Goldman
This blog post involves two near-identical cases challenging the Texas App Store Accountability Act, Senate Bill 2420 (“SB 2420” or “the Act”), Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.001 et…