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…
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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…
US lawmakers say Texas App Store Accountability Act should be allowed to stand
While most of the world calmly comes to terms with new regulations on social media, app stores and online platforms,…
Arkansas lawsuit links Roblox, Discord as ‘two-stage predatory pipeline’
The State of Arkansas has launched legal action against Roblox and Discord, looping the messaging platform into the cluster of…
Court lifts block on Ohio’s age assurance law for social media in defeat for NetChoice
A 2024 Ohio law putting age assurance requirements on social media platforms can stand, after a federal court in Cincinnati…
Legislation in Philippines mandates age assurance for social media
The Philippines is the latest nation to introduce legislation that would put age restrictions on social media and other online…
Ofcom seeks clarity, resources on social media age regulation in letter to DSIT
UK regulator Ofcom is not one hundred percent confident that it can enforce the government’s plan to impose an age…
UAE joins nations putting age restrictions on social media
The UAE has become the first Arab country to introduce an age restriction for social media, opening up another potential…
UK aims to lead the world with new age restrictions for social media, AI chatbots
After months of promises, the UK government has pulled the trigger on regulations to restrict social media sites for children…
Germany moves to allow police facial recognition searches of online images
Europe’s largest internet industry association, eco, has warned against Germany’s plan to allow its law enforcement agencies to run automated…
