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FTC commissioner says online age verification ‘offers a better way’ to protect kids

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STIX ID: report--d937dd97-0211-5071-9859-eb8405200793

Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Date Published: 2026-01-28

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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**Executive summary:** The FTC is emphasizing age verification and stronger enforcement of children's online privacy to protect minors, with Commissioner Mark Meador advocating AI-enabled behavioral age verification; the article outlines legal and policy developments including a Supreme Court decision upholding a Texas age-verification law and recent FTC actions such as a $10M Disney settlement and a lawsuit against the Sendit app operator for alleged unlawful collection of children's data.

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