
Discord delays age verification plans after user outcry
Users were unhappy about plans for age verification to require facial or ID scans.
SUNDAY, 19 APRIL 2026, 04:05

Users were unhappy about plans for age verification to require facial or ID scans.

The UK’s data watchdog said the failings meant children could be exposed to harmful material online.

The executive shake-up has sparked online debate about new boss Asha Sharma’s gaming credentials.

The regulator said it was fining 8579 LLC for failing to introduce proper age verification measures.

Deepfakes showing grim taxpayer-funded waterparks have gone viral and drawn some racist responses.

But the head of the US delegation at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi says: “We totally reject global governance of AI.”

Baroness Kidron tells the BBC the PM has being “late to the party” in regulating social media.

Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.

The company says it has addressed the issue and it “did not provide anyone access to information they weren’t already authorised to see”.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 crashed to Earth last year. Now scientists have measured the pollution it caused.

The Gates Foundation said the decision was made to “ensure the focus remains on the summit’s key priorities”.

Activision Blizzard UK Ltd said the ad for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was targeted at adults.

The original YouTube experience from 2005 has been recreated using internet archives.

The platform’s plan to roll out global age checks has caused concern in streaming communities.

As global tech leaders meet Delhi, India hopes to level the playing field for countries outside the US and China.

Detectives desperate to locate a 12-year-old, seen abused online, found a surprising lead.

Silent Hill: Townfall is set in the fictional St Amelia, based on the real village of St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife.

Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney’s intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance’s update.

The government’s new plans will mean no online platform will get a “free pass” on children’s safety on the internet, the prime minister says.

Participants in the NHS ‘Triceps’ trial wear a device in their ear which emits electrical pulses while they do rehab.

Alasdair Keane climbs aboard an electric boat in Norway.