"Governments around the world are moving quickly to impose strict age limits on social media, raising the stakes for U.S. regulators already pressuring Meta over its handling of underage users. Australia and Malaysia have enacted under-16 bans, Europe is rolling out privacy-preserving age-verification standards, and a multistate lawsuit alleges Meta deliberately avoids tools that could keep younger children off its platforms."
"In the United States, the only national age rule for social-media use comes from the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), a 1998 law that prohibits companies from collecting personal data from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. COPPA does not ban children under 13 from using social media, but it makes platforms legally responsible if they allow young users to create accounts and then collect data without a parent's approval."
Governments worldwide are advancing strict age-verification requirements and under-16 social-media bans, increasing regulatory pressure on major platforms. Australia and Malaysia have enacted under-16 bans while Europe is introducing privacy-preserving age-verification standards. A multistate U.S. lawsuit alleges Meta avoids tools that could keep younger children off its platforms. The only U.S. national age rule remains COPPA, which bars data collection from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent but does not ban their use. Supporters cite potential mental-health and safety benefits, while critics warn of migration to less-regulated, riskier online spaces.
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