Reddit is looking at potential ways to fight AI bots on the platform, such as ID verification. Credit: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / ...

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Social community platform Discord is preparing to require users to verify their age by the second half of 2026, and users are concerned about the privacy of uploading a government ID or face scan to ...

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Systemd update stores user birth dates, raising questions about privacy, parental controls, and corporate lobbying influence ...

GrapheneOS says it's not caving to regulatory pressures even if it could cost them global access.

One major Android operating system has confirmed that it will not be implementing age-based verification, regardless of the consequences it may have.

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