EU governments agree to push forward with child sexual abuse Chat Control rules, but a compromise keeps voluntary scanning alive, leaving privacy advocates fuming. Representatives of European Union ...

Data privacy campaigners have warned that any celebration of the news that the European Union (EU) has abandoned its plans to break end-to-end encryption in mobile messaging apps could be short-lived.

After months of wrangling, the Danish Council Presidency had to abandon its plans in November to force messenger services like WhatsApp, Signal, or Threema to automatically scan private communications ...

The Council has reached a position on the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation after years of difficult negotiations, meaning that talks with Parliament can finally start. The file, which includes measures ...

The European Council came to an agreement on Wednesday (26 November) on a controversial regulation aiming to curb the spread and solicitation of child sexual ab... To read this story, log in or ...

Roblox is introducing new safety features to limit interactions between adults and minors on its platform. Users will need to verify their age with a government ID or facial scan to use chat features.

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

Gaming giant Roblox Corp says it will roll out compulsory facial recognition or ID checks from next month for players wanting to access its chat features. It aims to stop under-nines from chatting ...

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs. This will place them into narrow age groups, restricting private chats ...