FTC Releases COPPA Policy Statement Promoting Age Verification Technology

On February 25, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an Enforcement Policy Statement Promoting the Adoption of Age-Verification Technology signaling a significant shift in its enforcement approach under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The FTC’s announcement comes amid a flurry of hotly-debated—and often challenged in court—state laws that require websites to verify users’ ages.... By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,