The Bored Ape art heist and crypto's trust and safety problem
Can web3 — or its user base — survive decentralization?

Can web3 — or its user base — survive decentralization?
In creating an age assurance API, the company raises hopes that platforms can keep kids safer without sacrificing everyone else's privacy
Making app stores verify kids' ages could save everyone a lot of grief — but some worry it will introduce new risks
The company once warned users when they might be seeing low-quality results — but weeks before the 2024 election, the feature was quietly turned off
A new inquiry from the Federal Trade Commission suggests that apologizing for "censorship" may have only emboldened the company's conservative critics