Social media companies have failed to enforce their minimum age requirements: Ofcom
In tandem with publishing its Use of Age Assurance Report 2026, UK regulator Ofcom has issued a statement that does…
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Age assurance explained: The laws reshaping the internet
A year ago, age assurance was a niche topic and the biometrics industry was still anticipating the effect that the…
Ofcom launches investigation into TikTok over ‘age inference’ system
UK regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation to determine whether social media platform TikTok is in violation of the Online…
UK won’t ban VPNs, puts onus on platforms to prevent age check circumvention
UK Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has published an official statement outlining the government’s positions on children’s wellbeing and safety online,…
UK government draws legal line in the sand on social media age minimum
The UK government says it is giving childhood back to the nation’s children with its new legislation restricting social media…
UK, Australia evidence points to weak age checks, not VPNs, as main problem
Three letters trouble the biometric age assurance industry more than most: VPN. Virtual Private Networks are the poster child for…
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…
European Commission calls for mandated age assurance for social media
The European Commission’s special panel on child safety online has published its final report. Convened to study how kids’ use…
Accuracy minimums for age checks could bring Big Social in line with Australian law
“Age checks fail.” That is, perhaps, a snappier headline than “social media platforms aren’t following the law” – and it’s…
Meta-sponsored India roundtable urges literacy, design changes over age checks
India is both the world’s largest market for digital identity, and among the most complex. The Aadhaar mandatory national digital…
