Portugal green lights restrictions for social media access for children under 16

Portugal is the latest European country to approve social media bans for children. View on euronews ...

As reports of online exploitation grow, CT leaders try new strategies

CT officials are considering new regulations on social media and gaming companies to protect youths, but advocates say ...
The Economist

More and more countries are banning kids from social media

Yet the Spanish government’s plan to bar children under 16 from social media, announced earlier this month, leaves Ramón cold. His contemporaries would easily find ways around it, he thinks. His ...

Sustainable Switch: The countries banning social media for teens

We focus on technology, social, and governance issues concerning social media, with countries banning children and teenagers ...

Discord Will Now Treat Everyone Like a Teen Unless They Prove They’re an Adult

The platform is expanding age verification globally, meaning adult users will need to verify their age to access sensitive ...

Discord’s age verification mandate is a leap toward a gated internet

Discord is about to force some of the people who use its messaging app to make a choice: Use the platform with restricted ...

Discord confirms global age verification rollout, will trigger default restricted settings next month

Discord will soon need to verify all users' ages, and it'll use ID documents, facial scans, or its own "age inference model" to do so.

The Children of Dilley

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the ...