Online child safety regulation addresses legal, technical, and policy frameworks designed to protect minors on digital platforms, particularly social media and search services. Central themes include statutory minimum ages for account creation, mandatory age verification and age assurance technologies, and safety-by-design obligations such as teen defaults and PG-13 content gating. The field also examines platform liability for addictive design and youth mental health harms, constitutional and human-rights challenges to age-gating laws, and the effectiveness of national and regional regulatory regimes in reducing online risks to children.
Internet
Denmark's government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world ...
Nov 7, 2025
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Business
The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as "guided by PG-13 ratings," saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ratings system.
Nov 6, 2025
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Internet
Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts.
Nov 5, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Australian police are working on an AI prototype that will help them decipher Gen Z slang and emoji-laden messages written by online predators, a top official said Wednesday.
Oct 29, 2025
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Internet
Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce.
Oct 28, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Depending on who you are, Instagram might now seem a bit more PG-13. That's by design.
Oct 21, 2025
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Internet
The Australian government has begun a public education campaign with tips on how to wean children off social media ahead of a world-first national 16-year age limit taking effect in December.
Oct 17, 2025
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Internet
European lawmakers on Thursday called for stricter rules to protect minors online, including a bloc-wide minimum age of 16 to access social media and AI companions without parental consent.
Oct 16, 2025
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Internet
The hope of the World Wide Web, according to its creator Tim Berners-Lee, was that it would make communication easier, bring knowledge to all, and strengthen democracy and connection. Instead, it seems to be driving us apart ...
Oct 16, 2025
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Internet
Ursula Smartt not only writes about media law but she acts like a journalist when she does it.
Oct 15, 2025
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