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A California judge is deciding if Roblox can hide behind an old internet law when its age checks fail. Here's why your family should be paying attention.
Malaysia's social media age verification rules went live today, requiring government ID to open an account. Here's what parents and everyday users actually need
A facial recognition glitch in Ludhiana misidentified a suspect killed in a police encounter as someone else entirely, alive on bail. Here's why a match should
A voice that sounds exactly like your daughter, panicked and asking for money, might not be her at all. Here's the tell that actually works.
A court in India just told marriage registrars they can't rubber-stamp underage marriages anymore. Here's why that one paperwork rule matters way more than it s
UK pubs and bars just got the green light to check your age with a face scan instead of your ID. Here's what that actually means for your privacy on a Friday ni
Singapore is rethinking how banks verify identity because deepfake scams have made "I heard my son's voice" useless as proof. The fix starts with a number: zero
A single deepfake video call convinced real employees to move real money. Singapore is now rethinking how its whole financial system checks identity, here's wha
Malaysia wants MyKad and a face scan before anyone under 16 can use social media. Good goal, risky design, here's the tradeoff nobody's saying out loud.
A leaked EU proposal called the Kids Act could push age verification software into your kid's games, AI chatbots, and social apps, not just adult sites. Here's
Singapore lost S$242.9 million to government impersonation scams in 2025, so it's testing a common prefix for official calls. Here's why your phone can no longe
The Taylor Swift deepfake scandal got fixed in a day because millions of fans made noise. Most people whose face gets stolen for fake sexual images don't have t
