New Zealand Social Media Ban: Coalition Refuses It, Opposition Votes Save It
Joao Viegas/Unsplash New Zealand’s government introduced legislation on Monday to bar children under 16 from major social media…
ChatGPT-Fabricated Citations Backed Australia Social Media Ban, Senate Hears
Accscheme.com A government-commissioned report produced to demonstrate the technical feasibility of Australia’s world-first under-16 social media ban was…
Iowa politics: Senate passes bill requiring porn websites to verify user ages
Iowa senators passed a bill Wednesday that would require age verification before minors can access pornographic content online.Some…
EU says age-check app ‘ready’ in push to protect children online
Ursula von der Leyen says an EU age verification app aimed at protecting children is ‘technically ready’ (Nicolas…
Poland Targets Social Media Restrictions for Youth
In a bold move, Poland is set to introduce legislation banning social media access for children under…
France and Spain move to ban social media for children under 16, Evangelical Focus
The use of social media by children and adolescents is an ongoing concern for European institutions, governments across…
Online pornography traffic plummets in UK after law change, and Australia is next
The number of people accessing prominent pornography websites in the United Kingdom has plummeted after new age-verification laws…
Australia is quietly introducing ‘unprecedented’ age checks for search engines like Google
Australians will soon be subjected to mandatory age checks across the internet landscape, in what’s been described as…
Sweden considers Australia-style social media age limits to fight online gang recruitment
Authorities in Sweden are concerned about criminal networks recruiting children online. ADVERTISEMENT Sweden is not ruling out a…
Meta offers EU Commission online teen protection proposal
The call comes as several of the incoming Commissioners have named child safety online a top priority. ADVERTISEMENT…