One-size-fits-all approach to age assurance won’t adequately protect kids: Google
Meta and Apple have stated their positions on age assurance, so it was a matter of time before Google did…
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Utah passes age assurance bill requiring app stores to do age checks
Utah’s state legislature has passed S.B. 142, the App Store Accountability Act, which requires app stores to impose age assurance…
Apple volleys age verification question back to sites and apps
Apple has released a white paper that lays out its position on age assurance and outlines new tools it will…
Social media platforms could keep more Australian kids off if they actually tried
The most popular social media platforms among Australia’s youth are mostly ones they are not old enough to be allowed…
Indonesia drafting age verification, online child protection regulations
The Indonesian government is drafting child protection laws to protect them in the digital realm. The Draft Government Regulation (RPP)…
Age verification of performers, device-level controls could improve UK porn controls
The UK needs to be ready to police content creation more stringently and alter the way age assurance is applied…
California considers bill to expand online child protection rules to AI
Add AI to the long and growing list of potentially harmful things legislators want to protect children from, along with…
Singapore regulator studying age assurance for social media services
Singapore has already slapped app stores with age verification requirements, and is among nations exploring age assurance measures for social…
EU Data Protection Board adopts age assurance statement with guiding principles
With age check legislation coming to the fore of discussions about online safety, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has…
Start assessments now and consider age assurance ‘robustness’: Ofcom
Ofcom is readying for enforcement an age assurance with a series of stakeholder engagements, and took 3 days to discuss…
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