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UK Social Media Ban for Minors Has Privacy Experts Worried (darkreading.com)

2026-06-17 | get Parental Control Smartphone App → | tags: social media, minors, age verification

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Meta Increases Social Media Safety Restrictions for Minors as Legal Backlash Intensifies (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-02 | get Parental Control App → | tags: meta, teen accounts, social media

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UK police bosses urge unsafe platforms to be blocked for under-16s (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-21 | get Child Safety Internet Filter → | tags: uk police, social media, von der leyen

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Senators Work to Ban Gambling Ads Targeting Minors (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-18 | tags: senators, gambling ads, minors

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Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves AI chatbot age verification (engadget.com)

2026-04-30 | by Anna Washenko | get AI Age Verification Software → | tags: ai chatbots, age verification, senate judiciary

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EU Is Rolling Out an Online Age Verification App That Could Become the Global Blueprint (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-15 | get Digital Age Verification Device → | tags: online age verification, social media ban, minors

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Opinion | The Courts Should Treat Social Media Like Cigarettes (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-01 | get Social Media Regulation Guide → | tags: social media, tech companies, minors

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Meta’s legal defeat could be a victory for children, or a loss for everyone (theverge.com)

2026-03-28 | by Adi Robertson | get Meta Portal Video Calling Device → | tags: meta, section 230, youtube

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California Bill Would Require Parent Bloggers To Delete Content of Minors On Social Media (slashdot.org)

2026-03-27 | get Parental Control Social Media Tool → | tags: senate bill 1247, social media, california

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EU says Pornhub and others failed to stop minors accessing adult content (engadget.com)

2026-03-26 | tags: pornhub, digital services act, age verification

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Kids Online Safety Act Advances to House Amid Concerns Over Free Speech and Civil Rights (cnet.com)

2026-03-07 | by See Full Bio | get Online Safety Act → | tags: legislation, minors, online

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Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-26 | tags: instagram, suicide, search terms

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Spain to Probe X, Meta, TikTok Over AI Images (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-17 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: artificial, artificial intelligence, crimes

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ChatGPT is using age prediction to restrict what minors see (theverge.com)

2026-01-21 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: account, additional, age prediction

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Judge to Texas: You Can't Age-Gate the Internet Without Evidence (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | by Mike Masnick | get Google → | tags: apps, evidence, minors

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Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs–and They Have No Idea What They're Doing (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-01 | by Rindala Alajaji | get Virtual Private Network → | tags: access, internet, minors

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Lawmakers want to ban VPNs (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-14 | by Rindala Alajaji | get Virtual Private Network → | tags: access, internet, minors

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Lawmakers want to ban VPNs and have no idea what they're doing (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-14 | by Rindala Alajaji | get Virtual Private Network → | tags: access, internet, minors

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Character.AI Users in Full Meltdown After Minors Banned From Chats (futurism.com)

2025-11-04 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: character, character ai, minors