As governments push stricter online child safety rules, digital rights advocates warn about the risks of collecting IDs and facial data.

The Internal Revenue Service was aware of significant underreporting of cryptocurrency on tax returns and used one of its investigative tools (i.e., a John Doe summons) in 2016 to seek financial ...

California's Digital Age Assurance Act forces all operating systems to track user ages and share data with apps, creating compliance nightmares for privacy-focused Linux distributions.

On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act, into law. The Big Tech-supported measure, which takes effect on January 1, 2027, adopts an ...

Discord's new age verification system faces scrutiny after hackers expose parts of its code, raising privacy and security concerns.

PCWorld highlights concerns about California’s AB 1043, which mandates age verification for OS and app stores by July 2027 to ...

Three books examine the rise of the American surveillance state, its infiltration of higher education, and why we need a new framework for thinking about privacy ...

In a world where your fridge might know more about your eating habits than your doctor, digital privacy has transformed from a minor issue into a major global concern. As we move through 2026, the old ...

The “Digital Age,” often discussed as part of the Digital Revolution, describes the broad shift from analog systems to digital technologies that changed how information is created, stored, and shared.