Social media regulation goes viral as NZ, EU look to follow Australia
Can regulation go viral? It’s not a bad way to describe what’s happening with online safety legislation related to age…
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Big social media platforms all covered by Australian social ban: eSafety Commissioner
Everyone’s invited. That’s the message to Big Tech from Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant. But it’s no party; the commissioner…
Murder in Malaysia inflames debate on mandatory identity checks for social media
The scenario is eerily familiar: “A 14-year-old male student was charged on Oct 22 with the murder of his 16-year-old…
Great global age assurance show plays out from New Zealand to Texas
New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner isn’t convinced that Australia’s incoming prohibition on social media accounts for users under 16 is a…
Surveillance shadows No Kings protests
On October 18, seven million Americans poured into streets and public squares across the nation to take part in what…
New proposal pushes EU-wide digital minimum age of 16 for social media
EU lawmakers want children to be protected online, and some of them say platforms aren’t doing enough, fast enough. New…
Australian legislators spar with platforms, each other over age assurance laws
If there’s one thing every platform can agree on when it comes to age assurance, it’s that biometric age verification…
Meta hitches Teen Account content settings to MPA’s PG-13 rating
Meta finds itself in a tight spot. Having built its empire hoovering up users by the billions in an unregulated…
AI prompts Newsom to sign new legislation on chatbots, age verification
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed additional legislation aimed at protecting children online, as the state aims to maintain its…
EU updates age verification blueprint app amid debate on social media restrictions
The European Commission has released a second version of the EU’s age verification app blueprint, as the bloc continues to…
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