YouTube plays different cards in US, Australia in adapting to age assurance era
There is continued consternation in Australia over the government’s decision to include YouTube in its online safety laws for social…
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Battle intensifies over YouTube exemption for Australia’s social media ban
Australia’s ongoing legislative debate over age restrictions and age verification measures for social media has turned into a veritable slobberknocker,…
Social media age legislation in Pakistan modeled on Australian under-16 ban
Age restrictions for social media are spreading to countries in the global south, with Pakistan becoming the latest nation to…
Age assurance laws for social media heading to US Supreme Court
U.S. regulators are increasingly targeting social media. The recent Supreme Court opinion in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton validated age…
Survey data backs up eSafety advice to deny YouTube age check exemption
There is much talk about how YouTube has become the new television. Yet while traditional broadcast TV had a built-in…
Reddit deploys selfie and document age verification from Persona
A statement from Reddit says it is using Persona’s age verification technology to comply with requirements in the UK Online…
Epic Games provides Yoti facial age estimation to Bluesky for UK users
Social media platform Bluesky has selected Epic Games’ software, including biometrics-based age estimation from Yoti, to ensure its compliance with…
Respected legal authority frames age assurance legislation as segregation, suppression
Language plays a fundamental role in how concepts and technologies are introduced into and evolve alongside society. The debate over…
Meta pushes common online age of majority in EU, Brazil cracks down on Instagram
Meta has published a statement in support of proposals to establish a common Digital Majority Age across EU member states,…
DSA guidelines risk fragmentation of EU age assurance for social media
The EU may allow member states to set their own age requirements for accessing certain products or services through age…
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