Age Verification vs. Age Assurance: Understanding the Differences in Online Safety

As online platforms increasingly cater to users of all ages, ensuring that age-restricted content or services are accessed only by appropriate audiences has become a priority. Two terms often [...]

Supreme Court Reviews Texas Age Verification Law: A Turning Point for Online Safety

In January 2025, the United States Supreme Court began reviewing a landmark case surrounding Texas’s controversial age verification law for online pornographic content. The case, Free Speech [...]

UK Government Pledges to End Underage Knife Sales

A rise in knife crime in the UK over the past decade has plagued communities and destroyed families. While the driving factors behind this trend are no doubt complex and multi-faceted, the [...]

Florida Age Verification Laws Come into Effect

We previously reported on the social media age restriction rules being rolled out across Australia, and now a similar law has been introduced in the US state of Floride. The Florida age [...]

Australian Social Media Ban for Under-16s Passes in Senate

Last month, the government in Australia passed a bill that will ban under-16s in the country from accessing social media platforms. It’s the first law of its kind in the world, and the Australian [...]

Problem Gambling Among Children Doubles in the UK

The UK is one of the world’s gambling hotspots, with sports betting in particular proving extremely popular among British residents. However, recent research has revealed a significant increase [...]

Canadian Bill S-210: Age Verification Legislations Sees Continued Debate

The question of how to protect young internet users is hotly contested. It’s no secret that the internet is full of potentially harmful content, and regulators are finding it increasingly [...]

French Regulator to Enforce Age Checks for Adult Content

Adult material accounts for a huge segment of online content, and adult sites regularly rank among the most visited in the world. However, many of these sites have age restriction processes that [...]

Australian Social Media Summit Hears Calls for Ban

Last week, politicians, researchers and experts gathered for a social media summit in New South Wales and South Australia. The purpose of this Australian social media summit was to propose [...]

Smartphone Ban for U16s: Is there an Alternative Solution?

Smartphones have become indispensable tools in our everyday lives. We use them for everything from connecting with friends, family and colleagues to watching videos and from playing games to [...]