Privacy groups, VPN providers, and civil liberties outfits have lined up to warn the UK government that its latest plan to slap age gates across swathes of the internet risks breaking the web while doing little to keep kids safe.

Governments around the world are rushing to mandate age verification online, covering everything from social media harms to gambling and pornography, in the name of protecting children..

In a time of so much political disagreement, one thing that most parents agree on regardless of their political affiliation is that more needs to be done to keep children safe online.

Utah kids using VPNs to access adult content are set for a rude awakening this week as SB 73 goes into effect to crack down on the practice. However, the law is vague, raising fears it could be used to push controversial age-verification tech to more people.

Children are drawing on moustaches and entering fake birthdays to bypass online age gates and access social media and gaming platforms, a new report has suggested.

SIIA believes both Congress and businesses need to take steps to strengthen protections of children and teens online. Over the past couple of years, as Congress continues to work on bipartisan legislative solutions, companies across our membership have introduced new protections for children and teens on their platforms, and SIIA released our Child and Teen Privacy and Safety Principles.

Despite the lofty promises of their proponents, age verification laws have only delivered faulty services and censorship.

Despite a plethora of tools offered to parents at every level in the mobile internet ecosystem to keep kids safe online, there are policymakers on both sides of the aisle who believe that additional, aggressive government intervention is necessary.

Parenting in the digital age brings new challenges, but it also comes with aids that support healthy digital activity. Today, parents have many powerful tools to guide their children’s online experiences.