Movement to get kids off social media gains momentum in EU
The snowball is officially rolling. In the wake of Australia’s landmark Social Media Minimum Age act, the movement to get…
EU age verification
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Spain to restrict social media for users under 16: PM Sánchez
Spain is the latest EU nation to pursue a law restricting social media sites for users under 16 years of…
TikTok rolls out Yoti FAE across Europe as social media debate rages
TikTok is introducing age assurance across Europe in response to regulatory pressure. The ByteDance-owned platform’s age assurance methods include facial…
Online safety legislation soldiers on in EU, despite US pushback
The legislation of age restrictions for social media platforms could be a major point of conflict in 2026. The U.S….
Age restrictions bear down on social media platforms
On December 10, Australia will begin enforcing a law that says kids under 16 years of age can’t use social…
EU Parliament supports age assurance to block kids under 16 from social media
The European Parliament is supporting an EU-wide digital minimum age of 16 for accessing social media, video-sharing platforms and AI…
Adult content sites maneuver to escape VLOP designation under EU’s DSA
For an industry in which size matters, porn streaming services are proving eager to show how small they actually are….
AgeAware goes live, setting up faceoff between reusable age check systems
AgeAware, the cryptographic token-based age assurance system developed by the nonprofit euCONSENT ASBL, has gone live. The launch comes in…
Email age inference an option for Australians confused about social media law
Australia’s legislation prohibiting kids under 16 from having social media accounts takes effect on December 10. On that day, 2.8…
Italy’s regulator releases list of adult platforms covered by age verification law
Another domino in the global game of age verification for adult content sites is about to fall, this one in…
