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X quietly limits users who have not paid for verification to "50 original messages and 200 replies per day"versus 2,400 posts per day (Jackson Chen/Engadget)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 18, 2026

Jackson Chen / Engadget: *— This is down from the previous limit of 2,400 posts per day. — X introduced…

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US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves bipartisan child safety bill requiring AI companies like OpenAI and Meta to implement age verification (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: What happens when AI runs a store A show about the inside conversations of the tech industry,…

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World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: AI Backlash gets violent + Kara Swisher on Healthmaxxing + The Zuck Bot is coming The…

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Turkey launches review of how social media platforms handle children’s data as it prepares new rules including identity verification and age restrictions (Turkish Minute)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 22, 2026

Turkish minute: Turkey is launching a review of how social media platforms handle children’s data, as it prepares new rules…

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Lyft launches teen accounts in the U.S. more than two years after Uber, with security features like PIN verification, real-time tracking and audio recordings (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Ping Wu, CEO of Cresta Grit explores what…

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Roblox’s AI-powered age verification system, which expanded globally last week using technology from a company called Persona, faces criticism for age misidentification (David Gilbert/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 13, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Can we build a better social network? The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin…

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Cambridge University analysis reveals how cheap SMS verification to create online accounts fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns (Clive Cookson/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 13, 2025

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: Cambridge University analysis reveals how cheap SMS verification to create online accounts fuels global influence…

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Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its first-of-its-kind location verification technology in recent months, which could show the country its chips are operating in (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 10, 2025

Reuters: Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its first-of-its-kind location verification technology in recent months, which could show in which country…

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Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming months, after rolling out to seven countries and California (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 22, 2025

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming…

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1kosmos, which provides identity verification and authentication software without password, has collected a B series of $ 57 million, including a line of credit of $ 10 million (Duncan Riley / Siliconangle)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 13, 2025

Duncan Riley / Silicion:: 1kosmos, which provides an identity verification and authentication software without password, increased a B series of…

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Browsing: verification

X quietly limits users who have not paid for verification to "50 original messages and 200 replies per day"versus 2,400 posts per day (Jackson Chen/Engadget)

US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves bipartisan child safety bill requiring AI companies like OpenAI and Meta to implement age verification (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Turkey launches review of how social media platforms handle children’s data as it prepares new rules including identity verification and age restrictions (Turkish Minute)

Lyft launches teen accounts in the U.S. more than two years after Uber, with security features like PIN verification, real-time tracking and audio recordings (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

Roblox’s AI-powered age verification system, which expanded globally last week using technology from a company called Persona, faces criticism for age misidentification (David Gilbert/Wired)

Cambridge University analysis reveals how cheap SMS verification to create online accounts fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns (Clive Cookson/Financial Times)

Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its first-of-its-kind location verification technology in recent months, which could show the country its chips are operating in (Reuters)

Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming months, after rolling out to seven countries and California (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

1kosmos, which provides identity verification and authentication software without password, has collected a B series of $ 57 million, including a line of credit of $ 10 million (Duncan Riley / Siliconangle)