Online safety code clears EU hurdle @irishlegalnews Ireland’s first online safety code is set to come into force this autumn following EU approval. irishlegal.com/articles/onlin…

1 in 10 Minors Say Their Friends Use AI to Generate Nudes of Other Kids, Survey Find writes Emanuel Maiberg for 404 Media 404media.co/1-in-10-minors…

"The company may decide to curate the content it serves up to children to emphasize the lowest virtues, the basest tastes," [3rd Ciruit Appeals Judge] Matey wrote. "But it cannot claim immunity that Congress did not provide" reports @AshleyBelanger arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

USA Under the new rule, retailers will be required to verify the age of anyone under 30 who attempts to buy tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. Previously, the age verification requirement applied to those under 27. msn.com/en-ca/health/o…

Pornography Age Verification Laws: Protecting Teens or Invading Privacy? by Neal Davis nealdavislaw.com/pornography-ag…

A thought-provoking BBC Panorama by Marianna Spring - but sadly @ofcom is not proposing to verify the ages of children. It’s only requiring #AgeAssurance to keep kids <18 safe from the worst harms, but nothing to keep those <13 safe from social media harms altogether.

TEXAS The ruling didn’t find that the entirety of HB 18 posed a threat to First Amendment-protected speech, and some provisions — like the data collection rules and the age verification for sites with large amounts of adult content — remain in force theverge.com/2024/9/2/24232…

The Spanish data protection regulator, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, has issued an insightful article on the use of #AgeEstimation. Their example uses 40 as a test age, which is somewhat higher than the state of the art would allow, but the logic is sound! aepd.es/en/press-and-c…

Australia’s online regulator has asked social media companies to disclose the number of children using their platforms, and how they are enforcing age limits. eSafety Commissioner australiannationalreview.com/state-of-affai…

Meta has a new plan to keep kids safe online, but it’s a missed opportunity for tech giants to work together theconversation.com/meta-has-a-new… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

"The process of having to identify users as children creates the dilemma wherein the procedures employed to identify minors may in themselves entail the processing of personal data, especially of minors" EDRi Janine Patricia Santos, PhD Actually, for this case, it's only adults who prove

The bill would ban social media notifications to minors during school hours and between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM without parental consent, require chronological, not algorithmic social media feed presented to minors without parental consent, and only allow these features if a social

“There will undoubtedly be workarounds by knowledgable child users. However, the perfect should not be the enemy of the good,” French said. theguardian.com/australia-news…

USA Texas: “U.S. federal judges are now generating strong signals about which measures to protect children online will survive constitutional challenges, and which will fail,” AVPA Director biometricupdate.com/202409/texas-a… via Biometric Update

UK Minister to Ofcom : "all user-to-user and search services... will have duties... to protect children from content that is legal but nonetheless harmful to them... can you update me on how you intend to use the full force of enforcement." gov.uk/government/pub…

Interview by Michelle Rowland Australia's Communications Minister with Greg Jennett, ABC Afternoon Briefing - what is the right age for social media access? minister.infrastructure.gov.au/rowland/interv…