AI platforms flippant about stopping deepfake porn; authorities stepping in
Civitai is an online marketplace for AI-generated content, which has a ban on deepfake pornography but also sells files specifically…
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Age assurance policy landscape sees different camps adopt different positions
A maze is a popular metaphor for a complex structure that is difficult to navigate. A panel at the Federal…
FTC workshop to cover broad scope of age verification, age estimation issues
The Federal Trade Commission has released the agenda for its workshop on issues related to age verification and estimation technologies….
How to regulate social media for teens (and make it stick): Inman Grant, Allen weigh in
As countries around the world line up online safety legislation to impose age checks on social media, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner…
ICE’s expanding use of FRT on minors collides with DHS policy, oversight warnings, law
When masked federal agents stopped two teenagers riding their bikes near an Illinois high school last fall, the encounter followed…
UK examining age assurance accuracy, kids social media use to build on OSA
For social media, the regulatory genie is out of the bottle. As nations look to Australia, which has prohibited social…
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…
One year in, Brazil’s online gambling regulations provide model for region
One of the defining features of the 2020s so far is the explosion of legal sports betting. For years, gambling…
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….
Japanese researchers, telecoms work to combat deepfakes in hierarchical culture
Much as computer viruses started as an arcane problem and became something as common as household insects, deepfakes have grown…
