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Age Verification
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Privacy World
App Store Age Verification Laws: Your Questions, Answered.
By Kyle Fath, Niloufar Massachi, Alara Abbasi
The last several weeks have been eventful for online safety and age assurance, particularly with respect to U.S. app store age verification laws: Apple and Google unveiled some of their…
Privacy + Cyber + AI
Analyzing California’s Digital Age Assurance Act
By Laura Hamady, Shelby Dolen, Troutman Privacy Team
Key point: California’s new Digital Age Assurance Act will likely create significant compliance challenges for many businesses. On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1043 — the…
Michael Geist
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and ChatGPT
Bill S-209, the legislative effort to establish age verification requirements for sites and services that are said to facilitate access to pornography, is back. The bill has some modest improvements…
Michael Geist
Senate Bill Would Grant Government Regulatory Power to Mandate Age Verification For Search, Social Media and AI Services Accompanied By Threat of Court Ordered Blocking of Lawful Content
The return of mandated age verification legislation in the Senate – formerly Bill S-210 and now S-209 – has been working its way through a Senate committee with a wide…
Online and On Point
Dark Skies for Small Businesses Caught in Social Media Net
By A. Kate Margolis, Erin Jane Illman, Samuel Adams
A new Mississippi law, known as the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act, has prompted several companies to block Mississippi IP addresses from accessing their platforms. In fact, social media…
Regulatory Oversight
Justices’ Age Verification Ruling May Lead To More State Laws
By Laura Hamady, Jeff Johnson, Jessica Birdsong, Chris Carlson
This article was originally published on August 4, 2025 on Law360 and is republished here with permission. The digital age presents a complex challenge: protecting children online while also allowing free…
Inside Privacy
State and Federal Developments in Minors’ Privacy in 2025
By Lindsey Tonsager, Jenna Zhang, Natalie Maas, Bryan Ramirez
2025 has been another active year for children’s and teens’ privacy legislation. This post recaps notable developments and trends thus far in 2025. Our summaries from 2023 and 2024 can…
Shufti Pro Blog
Game Over: The Cost of Ignoring Age Assurance in Gaming
The global gaming industry’s reach is larger than ever, with an estimated 3.32 billion weekly video game players around the world. From solitary action-adventure games to massively multiplayer online strategy…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law, Raising LGBTQ+ Privacy Concerns
This post was authored by William Ollayos, Summer Associate. William is not admitted to practice law. On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring pornography…
Michael Geist
Risky Business: The Legal and Privacy Concerns of Mandatory Age Verification Technologies
When the intersection of law and technology presents seemingly intractable new challenges, policy makers often bet on technology itself to solve the problem. Whether countering copyright infringement with digital locks,…