Age Verification

How Maryland is expanding the use of mobile IDs

The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration has developed an app for organizations to verify people’s digital licenses that other jurisdictions can adopt.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson

Attorney general, adult websites clash in age verification lawsuit

Indiana lawmakers approved a law requiring pornography websites to verify user ages in the most recent session.

  • By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Is age verification technology an ‘undue burden’? The Supreme Court will decide.

The high court has agreed to take up a case that focuses on legislation passed to prevent minors in Texas from accessing pornography. A decision could have implications for state efforts to limit children’s access to social media as well.

  • By Chris Teale

‘Mission Impossible’ masks, bad data and immature tech dog age verification for social media

Another state signed a law restricting minors’ use of the platforms. But the continued growth in technology as well as “low-tech fraud” could make enforcement more difficult.

  • By Chris Teale

Americans are skeptical of online age verification, even as its use grows abroad

States are turning to technology to verify users’ ages before allowing access to social media and other content. But the approach faces an uphill climb without a national data privacy law that addresses Americans' concerns about the safety of their personal data.

  • By Chris Teale

New York weighs bills regulating minors’ social media use

If the bills pass, they would likely face legal scrutiny. A similar law in California has already been halted by a federal court from taking effect.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis
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Arkansas social media age verification law struck down by federal court

Law would’ve been the first to restrict social network access based on age and parental permission.

  • By Hunter Field, Arkansas Advocate
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