#age-assurance tag

Meta began disabling about 500,000 Australian Facebook and Instagram accounts of users under 16 and will block new under‑16 accounts before Australia's 10 December ban.

Privacy technologies

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

1 month ago

Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the Terminology

Different age-check approaches (age gating, age assurance, estimation, verification) have distinct privacy, legal, and enforcement consequences for online access.

Artificial intelligence

fromwww.theguardian.com

1 month ago

Character.AI bans users under 18 after being sued over child's suicide

Character.AI will ban users under 18 from open-ended chats starting late November and add age-assurance due to legal and teen-safety concerns.

Privacy technologies

fromTheregister

2 months ago

Australia to let Big Tech choose kids social media ban tech

Social media platforms must employ multiple age-assurance methods to prevent under-16s accessing services in Australia from Dec 10.

#age-assurance#age-assurance

Australia wants to end the era of kids on social media with international ban hailed as 'first domino' in global movement | Fortune

X Implements Age Checking Measures to Align with New Laws

Australia wants to end the era of kids on social media with international ban hailed as 'first domino' in global movement | Fortune

X Implements Age Checking Measures to Align with New Laws

Porn company fined 1m over inadequate age checks

AI nudification site fined 55K for skipping age checks

Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators

Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet