New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the ...

A full timeline of all the age verification laws in the United States, and what they mean for their citizens ...

Blue-check verification is nothing new in the world of social media, but Bluesky is only now making it available to any “notable” accounts. The social media company has launched an application that ...

It's the old days of Twitter all over again: Bluesky is launching an official verification process for awarding the blue check mark to "notable" user accounts, adding to the platform's existing option ...

Angry about Discord age verification? Find out how Discord botched the rollout, lost user trust, and changed direction.

Social media companies are scrambling as new regulations demand they verify the ages of their users — which, in turn, violates the ...

Starting today, Bluesky is rolling out a new verification system, complete with the familiar blue check marks popularized by Twitter. “It’ll be a rolling process as the feature stabilizes, and then we ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...