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The internet is no longer the Wild West. In the United States and around the world, online age verification laws are being used to keep kids from seeing harmful or age-inappropriate materials — a ...

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Award-winning Portuguese auteur João Pedro Rodrigues (“Will-O’-the-Wisp”) is developing his next feature, the Luca Guadagnino-produced “Afonso’s Smile,” a coming-of-age story about a teenage boy who ...

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they’re a tool to keep children away from ...

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they're a tool to keep children away from ...

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they’re a tool to keep children away from ...