The uk’s new online age verification system has an unintended consequence

Have attempts to drive under-age visitors from pornography sites worked? The raw numbers would suggest so. Visits to porn sites fell by a third in the three months after age-gating came into effect la

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ll internet users will recognise that things are getting worse online. Google searches now require scrolling through AI word soup and sponsored adverts at the top of results, while Facebook has become

The next five years could see dramatic change on the web, as AI disrupts Google’s dominance in search, sparks a new browser war and exacerbates privacy invasions and digital surveillance. Or we could

Three assessments of the online world

In early 2024, the wife of Peter Malinauskas, ...