Islamabad High Court Presses Pakistani Regulators on Under-16 Age Verification
The Islamabad High Court has given four federal ministries and two regulators 15 days to respond to a petition seeking an age-verification mechanism for social…
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Slovak Government Approves Under-16 Social Media Ban
Slovakia’s government approved a bill on Wednesday that would stop under-16s from creating social media accounts and require platforms to verify the ages of…
Singapore to Require Robust Age Checks on Social Media Platforms
Singapore will require social media platforms to run robust and reliable age checks rather than accept a user’s word, and has told them that platforms whose…
New Zealand Bill Puts Age Assurance Duty on Social Media Platforms
New Zealand has introduced legislation that would bar under-16s from social media by requiring platforms to check the ages of their users, and it rules out…
France’s Constitutional Council Strikes Down Under-15 Social Media Ban
France’s Constitutional Council struck down the under-15 social media ban, faulting an age-verification rule that lacked privacy guarantees.
Texas Court Orders Discord to Bring UK Age Assurance to State Users
Discord must extend age-assurance and default child-safety controls already offered to users in the United Kingdom to accounts identified as belonging to Texas…
New York Finalizes SAFE for Kids Act Age-Assurance Rules
New York has finalized age-assurance rules for the SAFE for Kids Act, defining how covered social media platforms must distinguish adults from minors before…
Philippine Senate Leadership Prioritizes Youth Social Media Restrictions
Philippine Senate President Win Gatchalian says legislation restricting minors’ access to social media will be prioritized when Congress resumes on July 27.…
EU Child Safety Panel Rejects Biometric Age Checks in Favour of Zero-Knowledge Proofs
The expert panel advising the European Commission on child safety online has recommended an EU-wide floor keeping under-13s off social media, and it wants the…
Von der Leyen Signals EU Social Media Age Rules, With Age Verification App as a Tool
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will propose rules on children’s access to social media after the summer, pointing to the bloc’s…