Under the Online Safety Act, UK residents who want to access NSFW platforms will need to prove they're over 18. The easiest way to avoid doing that is to use a VPN.

The Act requires platforms with adult content to verify user age through ID uploads or facial age estimation. Currently, half ...

If you're new to VPNs, it's a great starting point, although Surfshark and ExpressVPN are simpler alternatives. It's also one ...

Spotify has implemented age assurance in the form of facial age estimation and ID verification with face biometrics to comply ...

Want to beat the digital age checks introduced under Britain’s strict new online safety law? Why not use a picture of Peter ...

Bypass Spotify age verificaiton and preserve your account with this simple workaround. Here's how to get around Spotify age verification.

A universal feature of traveling Europe as a Hackaday scribe is that when you sit in a hackerspace in another country and ...

Is the UK's Online Safety Act protecting users or silencing them? Explore what the law means for free speech and digital ...

The government has said it won't repeal the Online Safety Act, but there are still a number of ways you can protect your ...

George Nicolaou lost 15-year-old son Christoforos three years ago. He believes he 'would have been with us today' if online ...

New ID rules in the UK (and elsewhere) have exposed old fault-lines in the tug-of-war between privacy and safety online.

Adele is a member of Families and Survivors to Prevent Online Suicide Harms campaign, a network that brings together ...