(Bloomberg) -- Apps that disguise a user’s location have surged in popularity after the UK introduced age-verification rules as part of its Online Safety Act. The new restrictions, which went into ...

Reaction to the Online Safety Act has been deeply divided, with many Independent readers voicing fears that the new legislation will do little to protect children while posing a significant threat to ...

The U.K. is implementing its so-called Online Safety Act, a legal smorgasbord of controls, restrictions, regulations and censorious follies of the kind likely to make quick fools of the censors. The ...

Last month, new rules requiring tech giants to implement age checks to prevent children from accessing pornographic material came into force in the U.K. The measures have ensnared platforms like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool LONDON (Reuters) -British technology minister Liz Kendall urged the ...

LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - British technology minister Liz Kendall urged the communications regulator Ofcom to speed up enforcement of tougher online safety rules designed to protect children from ...