The mandatory age checks follow the recent announcement of a social media ban for under-16s and have been described as an unprecedented shift in how Australians access online content. Under new ...

Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting against the UK's new online safety rules, with accusations of censorship being levelled at the government. Five days since Ofcom's new internet ...

Cloudflare, the internet infrastructure company that powers much of the web, says that it is “changing the rules of the internet”. The company will block AI crawlers by default in an attempt to stop ...

New rules for the internet will start being enforced on Friday, which may well change how you browse. Ofcom's Children's Codes, a set of regulations designed to protect young people online, will mean ...

New rules for the internet have come into force - and may well change how you browse. Ofcom's Children's Codes, a set of regulations designed to protect young people online, mean sites hosting adult ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...