Roblox settles with Alabama, West Virginia, agrees to age checks for users under 16
Social gaming platform Roblox is settling its accounts. Having settled with the State of Nevada for $12.5 million over lawsuits…
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Roblox on the hook for $12.5M in Nevada online child safety settlement
Roblox has agreed to pay $12.5 million to the State of Nevada, in part of a settlement deal that “resolves…
In Australia, platforms skirt age laws, but the problem isn’t age assurance tech
Consider the shovel. A sturdy tool based on an ancient design, a shovel is great for uprooting things. However, if…
Rhode Island bills push age verification, limits for minors online
Rhode Island lawmakers are pressing ahead with a broad package of child online safety legislation that would impose new rules…
Denmark imposes age checks to restrict social media to kids under 15
Welcome two more Europeans nations to the global age assurance legislation party. The Danish government is moving ahead with an…
Massachusetts moves to pair school phone limits with tough youth social media crackdown
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House passed a broad rewrite of Senate bill S.2581, using H.5349 as its amendment text, which…
Japan introduces new rules on biometric data in APPI amendment bill
Amendments are coming to Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI). The country’s cabinet has approved a bill…
Greece announces social media age verification, calls for EU-wide tools
Greece is joining the growing number of countries raising the age limit for social media and insisting on enforcement, with…
Indonesia shuts down access to social media for youth under 16
Indonesians under 16 years of age can no longer access digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online…
Regulators crack down on EU age assurance — self-declaration no longer enough
A hammer lifted will, eventually, fall. Websites and social platforms are starting to feel the sting of the regulators’ gavel…
