NZ Parliamentary Committee recommends age assurance for social media
Age assurance should be required for people accessing social media in New Zealand to keep people under 16 away from…
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EU kicks off panel discussions on social media age restrictions
The European Commission has taken another step towards regulating child safety online, organizing the first panel on age restrictions for…
Indonesia to ban under-16s from social media, implement standard-based age checks
Indonesia, the biggest country in Southeast Asia, is taking the momentous step to ban social media for under 16s. Communication…
Australia expands age checks to AI chatbots, app stores, porn sites and more
After becoming the first country to ban under-16s from social media, Australia has now gone further by implementing one of…
Age verification fight erupts as Congress moves to regulate online spaces for children
New proposals would require stronger safeguards across digital platforms while placing age verification at center of effort to protect minors…
California’s OS-based age verification law challenges open-source community
California’s new online safety bill, AB 1043 (the Digital Age Assurance Act), adopts a declared age model for operating systems….
LATAM nations ramp up regulations for age-restricted content online
Multiple countries in Latin America are adopting online safety regulations, making the region an area of focus for the next…
AVPA, academics, advocacy groups trade letters over age assurance tech
New rifts have opened up in the debate over the safety and privacy status of age assurance technology. An open…
Alaska bill imposes severe restrictions on social media for children
A bill newly passed in the Alaska House of Representatives, which bans AI-generated child sexual abuse material, now includes “provisions…
Age verification for social media, chatbots go viral with regulators globally
Age assurance has achieved memetic repeatability. Australia’s efforts to keep kids under 16 off big social media platforms are being…
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