Bulgaria MP tables bill calling for age limits, age checks on social media
Bulgaria has joined the growing list of countries weighing age restrictions for major social media sites. A bill on the…
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US senators target AI, biometric surveillance in the workplace
U.S. senators this week introduced legislation that would place some of the most far-reaching federal limits yet proposed on employers’…
Pressure grows for AI regulation focused on children’s safety
As regulators around the world struggle to put the genie of social media back in its bottle and curb some…
Maldives advances digital identity, digital transformation bills
The Maldives is moving closer to formally steering its digital transformation and establishing a legal framework for a national digital…
Trump’s frontier AI plan leaves public safeguards unanswered
President Donald Trump’s June 2 executive order on AI is best understood not as comprehensive AI regulation, but as a…
Australia expands AML rules, widening market for digital identity verification
Changes to Australia’s Privacy Act and money laundering rules have put small businesses at risk of fines and other regulatory…
US Senator’s draft legislation targets privacy, safety of AI agents
Sen. Mark Warner released a discussion draft of legislation that would place privacy limits at the center of the emerging…
US child safety bill advances as lawmakers debate age assurance, AI rules
The House on Monday approved a sweeping children’s online safety package that would impose new obligations on social media platforms,…
Indonesia age assurance rules lead to 4.7M TikTok, YouTube account removals
TikTok has shut down 4.1 million accounts in Indonesia, and YouTube has closed 600,00, to comply with the country’s new…
Australia doubles fines for social media companies not following age check law
Privacy-preserving biometric age assurance technologies work; what doesn’t is insignificant consequences for massive, multibillion dollar companies. Australia is taking this…
